Reinstalled Win95 hangs on "starting for 1st time" screen 1

[nholden]

I reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Windows 95. It seemed to go well, but when I restarted the computer, it hangs at the "Getting Ready to Start Windows 95 for the First Time" screen. Devices that I had added to the computer, like an external modem, printer, and a sound card, are still in the computer. Does that have anything to do with this problem? I got the boot log, but can't see any error messages in there.

 

[paulovey]

Hi,

I would suggest that you remove the bits you have added on, then let windows sort itself out, when you have a working "skeleton" system.


Start adding bits, I would start with the sound card, the modem and printer should not really have any problems.

Good Luck.

Paul

 

[alvin79]

Hi,
You may reformat your hard drive again. This time when you install Win95, please remove modem and printer. Sometimes, soundcard failure also can cause this problem.

 

[nholden]

Thanks, these tips helped. I removed the sound card, unplugged the printer and modem, formatted the hard drive, and reinstalled Windows 95. I plugged the printer and modem back in and booted up. It worked, so I reinstalled the sound card. Everything worked fine. I suspect it was mostly the sound card that caused the problem.