Can't Start win95

[Acosta]

Hi!
A user reported me a failure with his PC. Whenever he turn on his PC wind tries to load but it gets stuck in the start screen.
When I tried to boot in safe mode it couldn't.
Then I finally got an error message.
"Windows protection error. You need to restrt your computer."
Then I got an error with the next file VXDLDR error
I can't make it work. How can I restablish this computer?
Any ideas?
Thanks!!

 

[osuman]

Could always try reinstalling over the old version. That's where i'd start. Justin

 

[Guest_imported]

Make sure the motherboard doesnt need PIIX drivers, some older ones do so the bios sees everything correctly. That error is stemming from VXD= driver and LDR= loader....also try clearing NVRAM on the motherboard or reseating the ram sticks.
Hope this helps
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[whpike]

I'd do one of two things 1.> reinstall the os that you're useing now or 2.> upgrade to a newer version either win95 or win98. to make life easier Reuel Miller has re-written a standard windows98 boot disk so that it will work with windows95, I use it all the time, it lets you boot to floopy and have cd-rom support, then install win95, from the cd, you can't do that from a standard win98 boot disk. and the win95 boot disk dosen't give good cd-rom support. You can get the boot disk at:

http://www.xperts.co.za/reuel/multiboot/multiboot.htm

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