Hi

Is the unit an amd 350+ socket 7 cpu running 100mhz bus by chance?

If so there is a timing patch for win 95 that has to be installed, (was at
amd website)





At 11:36 PM 11/26/2002 +1300, you wrote:
>I'm trying to install W95b on an old drive (don't laugh - it's for research
>purposes:--))) and I keep running into an odd problem.
>
>As usual, I copied the CD files to a folder on the hard drive and then ran
>the install from there.
>
>The installation got past #1 and #2 OK, ie:
>        1.Collecting info.......
>        2. Copying files.......
>But when it got to #3.......
>        3. Restarting your computer and finishing setup
>
>I hit OK and the DOS screen said 'Starting Windows 95'
>
>Then the screen displayed a blue graphic with a message in red:
>        'Getting ready to start Windows for the first time'
>
>It kicked into DOS, hiccuped a few times, but then said:
>        'While initializing device IOS:
>        Windows protection error.  You need to restart your computer'
>
>So I hit Ctrl\Alt\Del which got the DOS menu, with a preference for Safe
>Mode.
>
>I hit OK and after a few more coughs, it came back to the same error
>message.
>
>Now, I've done this exercise about 4 times, each time a different way, but
>it always ends up with the same result.
>
>I've tried other options from the DOS menu, without success.  When I
>selected 'Command Prompt Only' it got me back to the C prompt, so I changed
>to the Windows directory and typed 'win' but that got a complaint about
>Himem.sys being missing.  So I dunno.......
>
>Anyone have an idea what's prompting this 'While initializing device
>IOS:.....error message?
>
>TIA
>
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys Inc.
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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