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Tyler Nally wrote:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
>    Customer: "I'm running Windows '95."   ***-(see below)
>    Tech:     "Yes."
>    Customer: "My computer isn't working now."
>    Tech:     "Yes, you said that."
> 
> 
> ***- I had my first *incident* with my Win95 machine here at
> home lately.  I came home to essentially a *corrupted* system
> registry.  It was giving me an "IOS" error and it wouldn't let
> me boot up in *normal* mode, only *safe* mode.
> 
> So..... I made a telephone call to an associate out east... and
> he directed me to another associate who..... had me re-install
> Win95.  It took about 60-90min to re-install it.  It went relatively
> smoothly.  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I didn't lose any applications along
> the way.  Everything that's commonly used was un-hosed by the whole
> event and it was probably a bigger learning event over the 6.5 hours
> of time it took when I first started to get it back to normal
> operations and when it was fully restored.
> 
> Quite a trip.
> 
> In short.... I had to...
> 
> 1) enable the CD-ROM for DOS mode so that I could install Win95
>    from the CD-ROM
> 2) load and install Win95 from CD-ROM (reboot)
> 3) enable the modem because *safe* mode disabled it through all
>    configurations (reboot)
> 4) re-install the CD-ROM as a Win95 accessable device (reboot)
> 5) re-install the Ensoniq Sound Card Drivers (reboot)
> 
> and I think that's it..... I think this is a basic installation of
> Win95.... install something then re-boot, install something else,
> then re-boot, another, re-boot, etc., etc., etc.........
> 
> For a *software* only guy up until about 6-8 months ago, I've...
> 
> A) installed more RAM (piece of cake)
> B) installed another 2.5 GB hard disk
>          (also re-formatted it from NTFS to FAT)
> C) took out the CD-ROM while performing *B* and successfully got
>    it back in and operational
> D) installed a SCSI scanner on my churche's 233 AMD-K6,
>    64 MB RAM, 4GB HD, machine
> E) installed many many kinds of different software packages
> F) and now have installed Windows 95.
> 
> I've yet to....
> 
> G) install a SCSI disk
> H) install a NIC card
> I) install a sound card
> 
> Bro Tyler

Welcome to the wonderful world of MicroSoft.  6.5 hrs and no lost data:
you deserve a cookie.  Just back up the HD 'cause the reformat and
reinstall is coming.

One word of advice/warning - leave the cover of your box; it gives
easier access for objects to throw in fits of anger.

Oh, I you started an OS thread.
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