The user deleted a program without going through add/remove programs.  The result was Windows would not boot up at all.  I ended up reinstalling windows from the cd and
installed it right over the windows directory that was there and it worked fine.  Thanks for your response.

Alan Schneider wrote:

> Just curious...Why do you need to reinstall Win95?  What kind of problems are you having with your current installation?  Maybe reinstallation isn't even necessary.
> Is Win95 currently working at all?  If it is then you can reinstall right from the Windows interface and you won't lose any files currently on the hard drive.
>
> Hope this helps.
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> On 9/26/00 at 2:47 PM Cindy Meyer wrote:
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> >I have a computer that refuses to load windows.  What I'd like to do is
> >just reinstall Windows95 without formatting the hard drive.  Will setup
> >allow me to install windows in the C:\Windows directory even though it
> >already exists?  I was hoping to run setup from the cd at the DOS prompt
> >and have it install in the Windows directory.  Is there an easier way to
> >do this?  I've always just reformatted the drive and started from
> >scratch but the user has files on the hard drive that they would like
> >saved.  Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
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