win95 system crash & reformating the hard drive. 1

[officework13]

i have a Acer P133 cpu. yes i know old and outdated but it still works to surf the net & other applications.]

Last week it crashed and will not reboot.

i have no important data on the disk and so i do not care if i have to reinstall windows.

in fact i have tried to put in the windows 95 installation disk (cd rom) but it does not recognize the drive.
I think i need a floppy disk (which i do not have ) is there a way to override the system which will allow me to use the cd rom.

 

[Snickle]

You are now on the Internet.

Go to

http://www.bootdisk.de

or

http://www.bootdisk.com

and download a Win95 boot disk with CD-ROM support. You will have to know which version you have, Win95, 95A, 95B, or 95C.

 

[edfair]

I would suggest a 98 boot disk also. Use the 95 to prepare your hard drive but use the 98 to access the setup on the CD. 98 has better CD support. Ed Fair
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