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Frank B Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:06:51 -0800
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When you did your reinstallation, I assume that you simply wrote Win95 on top of
the existing install.  Another way to do this is to boot from floppy... copy
Deltree from the Windows/Command directory to the floppy, and then Deltree
Windows on the hard disk.  This is drastic, and is not somthing you want to do
when you only have a short time.  You will need to have all of your drivers
available and standing by.  Also, back up any sections within Windows that you
need (i.e. if you use I.E. Explorere, then your "Favorites" folder can be copied
to a location other than Windows, and when Windows is deleted, it will remain
safe.

ALSO:  I transfer my Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files to the boot disk (usually
A:) and edit them so that my CD is recognized.  Make sure you have a copy of
MSCDEX.EXE on your A: drive and any other necessary things (in my case I have a
directory on C: called C:\cdrom which is called in the Config.sys....   in other
words it helps to make sure your boot disk will allow your system to recognize
all of your needed parts...  That way you can then install Win95 directly after
deleting it.  This gives you a fresh start.
>reinstalled. I then checked the bootlog.txt. There were about 6 or 8
>drivers that failed to load and one missing file. I did the shotgun
>thing and reinstalled Win 95. No help. Any ideas
>
>TIA, Pete Kettelkamp

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