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Re: Install Windows 95
From:
Jeremy Rose <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 08:20:37 -0800
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You need to load the HIMEM.SYS file into memory.  Ensure the file
HIMEM.SYS is on your bootdisk.  Then open up the CONFIG.SYS file (on your
bootdisk)  in a text
editor, and add the line DEVICE = A:\HIMEM.SYS. Now when you boot using
that bootdisk, the high memory loader will be loaded, and scandisk should
work.

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, markmara wrote:

> Hi
> I am trying to install Windows 95 on a new hard drive. I used a PC Tech Windows 98 boot disk to set it up. Everything went as expected until I inserted the Windows 95 disk and typed in setup.
>  I then got the following message:-
>
> "Scandisk is unable to check a drive because there is no extended memory driver loaded on your computer.
> To check this drive, make sure that you have a HIMEN.SYS file on the disk from which you are starting your computer, and then restart using the "Command prompt only" option (not "safe mode, command prompt only"). Depending on the location of the HIMEN.SYS file, you may need to add a line such as DEVICE=A:\HIMEN.SYS or DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEN.SYS  in the CONFIG.SYS file on your boot drive."
>
> I would appreciate assistance on how to do what the message says.
>
> The drive was partitioned using FDISK and the c drive was formatted (format c:/s) to place the system files on the drive. The CD-ROM was loaded using the Win 98 disk.
> I tried installing Win 95 from the CD-ROM and got the results mentioned above.
> I also loaded Win 95 CAB files on C drive and tried installing from there, but I got the same results.
>
> The new hard drive is mounted on a computer with a Romtec hard drive switch. There are two other hard drives on this computer and they work fine. One of them is identical to the new one (Western Digital, 80GB, EIDE, 8MB Cache).
> My system is a Pentium 4, 2.0GHz, 512MB.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> Jim Markellos
>
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