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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: tommcat1208 on August 25, 2009, 03:30:03 PM

Title: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: tommcat1208 on August 25, 2009, 03:30:03 PM

I get an error of insufficiant memory and try unloading programs and something about Config.sys and Autoexe.bat. I pulled the hard drive from it's original PC (circca 1997, memory 64Mb?) and put it in a gateway 4000 with 1.25Gb memory (2002) just for fun, and I get the opening screen of Windows 95 then the error. The hard drive is a woppin 1.6Gig Maxtor :o. Anyhow if anybody can figure this out, you get no prize but my thanks.
Tom

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: Cricket_Lover on August 25, 2009, 03:57:36 PM

Hmm...I am not very experienced with Win95, but my best bet would be for you to upload the autoexec.bat and config.sys files here, as well as the MEM output.

What I want you to do is boot the Windows 95 to MS-DOS, insert a blank floppy disk (or a writable boot disk made from Windows XP), and type the following commands:

COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT A:\AUTOEXEC.TXT
COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS A:\CONFIG.TXT
MEM /DEBUG > A:\MEM.TXT

Make sure you type the commands exactly as shown, although you can use mixed case. Then, upload those 3 files on the floppy here to ComputerHope. I can continue diagnosis from there.

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: smeezekitty on August 25, 2009, 03:58:31 PM

A: its running drivers for the old pc
B: you have to much ram

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: Cricket_Lover on August 25, 2009, 04:00:42 PM

Quote from: smeezekitty on August 25, 2009, 03:58:31 PM

A: its running drivers for the old pc
B: you have to much ram

Their post implies that the computer has problems on the old computer. Then, they tried all that RAM out to see if it would work, and it didn't.

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: patio on August 25, 2009, 04:34:48 PM

Without the autoexec and config files we may never know...

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: tommcat1208 on August 25, 2009, 06:45:56 PM

Would it be too mush ram? That was my first thought, or the drivers conflicting with each other. I'll get back with the file for analysis. Thanks!
Tom

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: BC_Programmer on August 25, 2009, 06:57:12 PM

windows 95 won't boot with more then 512MB of RAM.

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: Davekm on August 22, 2011, 11:16:58 AM

My computer goes to black screen and just says mouse
And keyboard detected. What can I do to boot to start
Screen

Title: Re: Windows 95 boot error
Post by: Computer_Commando on August 22, 2011, 11:30:51 AM

Quote from: Davekm on August 22, 2011, 11:16:58 AM

My computer goes to black screen and just says mouse
And keyboard detected. What can I do to boot to start
Screen

You can start you own thread instead of responding to one that's 2 years old.