setup wont recognize files 2

[nickel052]

i recently installed windows 95b on my old computer...the first boot when it actually starts windows 95 for the first time; it says to insert the windows 95 cd-rom and its in the drive. the cd is in the drive. it wont locate the needed files. when i attempt to install the microsoft network, it says to insert it and i do and it says, and still it cant locate the files in the cd... also the only sound that was in the media was the microsoft sound...im thinking that this means that the files that werent found might have something to do with the media sounds...are there certain files that im missing on the cd...thanks

 

[GrimR]

I would rather have installed Win95c OSR2. Win95 A and b, were rubbish.
Have you checked that the network card is installed correctly in Device Manager?
Can you copy the CD cab files etc to the HDD?

 

[edfair]

Suspicion that the CD that the system is asking for is mapped to a different drive now that the hard drive has been prepared. In the window where it shows the CD location you can tell it where the drive now resides.

Grim's suggestion of the putting the cab files on the hard drive is good. But I normally put all of the install stuff on the hard drive, duplicating the CD install stuff, ie a 95in directory with the root stuff and a win directory under it. Boot with a floppy and move to that location and run setup.

The same location issue holds true for the network drivers, except that you may find that you need the manufacturer's drivers because network card support wasn't the best.

Never had an issue with the sound files. But that wouldn't be the reason for the CD request. Your system has found something it hadn't previously loaded the drivers for. If you get frustrated with it, you can always go to safe mode and use regedit to wipe out the HKLM enum key and get it to do hardware enumeration over.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[wolluf]

win95 had a nasty habit of not actually setting up the CD drive on first boot after install - but it generally does on second!

 

[nickel052]

thanks all for your support...i think that the best thing to do was edfair's idea to send the .cab files on the drive.