?'s about reinstalling Win95

Atrocities · #1 June 23rd, 2001, 01:54 AM

You could do a duel boot with a second HD, but w h y ?

dumbluck · #2 June 23rd, 2001, 01:58 AM

Ummmmmm..... huh? dual boot?

It's been over a year since my mother reinstalled win95, and she's having problems w/ crashes and monitor resolution. I thought that reinstalling would help with these problems.

capnq · #3 June 23rd, 2001, 02:18 AM

Reinstalling Windows can solve a lot of problems if nothing else you've tried works. I've only done clean installs on a reformatted drive, though, so I'm hesitant to offer any advice on what to do.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

Atrocities · #4 June 23rd, 2001, 02:20 AM

Sorry, I run Windows 2k with a dual boot for 98. This allows me to switch between OS's.

Have you consider talking you mom into getting an OEM Version of Windows 98? A new HD would also be a great benifit.

You see, your current drive could become a slave to a new HD which is sporting a complete Version of 98 (not an upgrade)

As far as keeping it from crashing, I have no advise other than look for things at www.downloads.com Or hit the MS Update pagehttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and look for stuff there.

Reinstalling it may help, but unlikely. You should really talk to her about getting an new HD and at minimum, Windows 98. Millenum is also a fairly good OS, and you can pick an OEM Version (FULL VERSION) and a new HD up together for around $200. bucks.

Or you can just simply F-Disk the drive and go from their with a fresh install. But I do not recommend that unless you have an OEM (Full Version) of Windows 95 or above, and know what you are doing. There is a lot to it, and quite frankly, I still screw it up when I do it, and I have done a few time.

Best of luck to you.
EDIT:

Hey capnq, I was reading your bios, and noticed this

quote:
Ex-computer programmer, now disabled

Do you mind if I ask what happened?

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dumbluck · #5 June 23rd, 2001, 05:30 AM

My profile says _WHAT_????????

I'd better check that out. Anyway, thanx for the advice.

Jubala · #6 June 23rd, 2001, 02:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dumbluck:
My profile says _WHAT_????????

I'd better check that out. Anyway, thanx for the advice.

Not your profile, capnq's.

If your computer can handle win98 I agree with Atrocities. Get it.

capnq · #7 June 23rd, 2001, 05:43 PM

quote:
Do you mind if I ask what happened?

Nope; if I minded talking about it, I wouldn't mention it in the profile.

Due to a series of stressful events in college, I developed chronic clinical depression. It wasn't diagnosed until after I'd dropped out of college and been fired from three different programming jobs for poor productivity. It took another couple years for my therapist to convince me to apply for disability, and two more years of legal appeals to convince the government that I qualified. I've been living on disability benefits ever since.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"