Do this:
Get a listing of your diskette, in a dos box or at a dos prompt type:
dir a:\
you need two files.  himem.sys and config.sys
check the contents of the config.sys file.  You need a line in config.sys
that says:
device=a:\himem.sys
use a text editor like notepad to insert the line above into a:\config.sys
if it is missing.
Copy himem.sys from the windows folder of a working win95 osr2 pc to your
diskette if it is missing.
reboot the pc with the diskette in drive a:
This will allow you to format your drive.
Tom Turak


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Quilhot, C.N.A. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Can't format hard drive


You may still have some luck by manually loading the himem.sys & emm386.exe
on your floppy.
The easiest way to configure this is to use the memmaker utilities.  If you
have to you can use the
version from 6.xx msdos, just replace the himem.sys & emm386.exe with win9x
versions. Once
you've done this you should be able to format the HD.

Rick Quilhot
-----Original Message-----
Booting from Win 95 osr 2 floppy downloaded from freepctech.  Goes
through the usual chain of format questions after using "/s" switch, and
then comes back with the "insufficient memory" response when it tries to
format.

 > what are you booting from, a floppy or the harddrive?
> If you booting from the harddrive, you might have to manually load (in
> config.sys)
> the memory management himem.sys & emm386.exe.
> Rick Quilhot
<snip>
> Computer slowed down badly when 98 SE was installed by another friend of
> his.  There's about 80 meg left on hard drive.  My personal feeling is
> that computer is working too hard with Win 98.  I'm trying to reinstall
> 95 osr 2 on it and create a partition for swap file.  When I try to
> format it, I get "insufficient memory to load system files."  What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> Art Cassel

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