Restore Windows 95

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Was gifted a Win95 machine with a corrupted Win95 (it keeps telling me). We
Have restored my Win95B 3 times with good success...........however, this
other machine cannot "FIND" so we do not know the CD-ROM driver details (in
order to insert the info into the Config.sys file).

QUESTION: Is there a generic driver that can be used ?

The BIOS still points to the "A" drive so if we can get a driver for the
CD-ROM then we can start the re-formatting of the hard disk and re-installing
of Win95

Regards.........Oz

 

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"Boxcar" <Boxcar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Was gifted a Win95 machine with a corrupted Win95 (it keeps telling me).
We
> Have restored my Win95B 3 times with good success...........however, this
> other machine cannot "FIND" so we do not know the CD-ROM driver details
(in
> order to insert the info into the Config.sys file).
>
> QUESTION: Is there a generic driver that can be used ?
>

Most 6x or faster drives will be a generic ATAPI device. www.bootdisk.com
has utilities for creating a boot floppy that will set your cd rom drive as
r:

Some 6x and many slower drives will require special drivers and may also
require that sound card or adapter card drivers be installed first.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

Get your boot floppy from www.bootdisk.com. It has several generic drivers
which cover the vast range of machine and drive types.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Boxcar" <Boxcar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:293ECAA4-C7CE-44C9-BD4B-D47EC713F03B@microsoft.com...
> Was gifted a Win95 machine with a corrupted Win95 (it keeps telling me).
> We
> Have restored my Win95B 3 times with good success...........however, this
> other machine cannot "FIND" so we do not know the CD-ROM driver details
> (in
> order to insert the info into the Config.sys file).
>
> QUESTION: Is there a generic driver that can be used ?
>
> The BIOS still points to the "A" drive so if we can get a driver for the
> CD-ROM then we can start the re-formatting of the hard disk and
> re-installing
> of Win95
>
> Regards.........Oz