dudeknight3
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dear guys i have windows 95 and it wont start up it says its missing a operating system. I tryed windows setup but after I put in the rescue disk it asked for batch file what do i do.
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franklin97355
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Ask in a OS forum or replace your hard drive.
It sees something but it does not recognize what it is. Has something changed in your BIOS setup versus your hard drive? I see this in my system when the BIOS parameters are set to CHS instead of LBA for example.
If you boot from a floppy, can you see something on the hard disk?
If you boot from a floppy, can you see something on the hard disk?
I had the same problem on my W2K Server. Neither drive was recognized. I tried booting it about 5 more times. The 5th time, it booted normally! Then it crashed.
I have ruled it down to either a bad motherboard, or a bad PSU. I'll take it apart to see if there are blown capicators (normally flat-headed, but rounded if blown) which would mean a motherboard (there was a few power outages here). Then I'll try a new PSU.
David
I have ruled it down to either a bad motherboard, or a bad PSU. I'll take it apart to see if there are blown capicators (normally flat-headed, but rounded if blown) which would mean a motherboard (there was a few power outages here). Then I'll try a new PSU.
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