Booting almost right to the "safe to turn off screen" is a known
problem.
Did you "step by step" with F8, or does Safe Mode Work?
This could also be sound related. I would not look at the drive too
long...
Remove everything you can (sound card, etc.) and try to get running as
simple as possible first.  And good luck...  You will find you have a
conflict
or a bad file.

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:22:46 -0500 John Chin
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Gentle Readers:
>
>I am trying to load a 486DX4-100 system with
>Windows 95b. The installation gets to the
>FINISH screen which advises Windows will
>now restart and run for the first time. Of course,
>it doesn't. It loads Win95, gives the Windows
>starting screen then gives the "Now safe to
>turn off your computer."
>
>I have swapped out the RAM, and every other
>component is a known working part.
>
>I suspect the hard drive, which is a Western
>Digital 203 MB drive (Caviar AC2200). I have
>run the Western Digital drive diagnostics and
>did the zero-out the drive routine (the Pseudo-LLF).
>No errors are reported.
>
>I want to Low Level Format this WDC IDE drive.
>Does anyone know of a shareware/freeware
>utility for this? Or could you recommend a cheap
>commercial product. . . ?
>
>Obviously, with the low prices of drives, I don't
>want to spend much money to return this drive
>to an usable state.
>
>Thanks, in advance.
>
>John Chin
>

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