windows 95

HopelessinBama · 09-20-2003, 08:50 PM

Please help me!!! My family has a computer, Windows 95, but we had to uninstall windows 95 because it was slow,then planned on installing it back again, all i get now, with out frezzing up the computer, is in this order, i cut the computer on, it says "error loading explorer.exe, you must reinstall windows, then i press ctrl-alt-del, it shows one program, msgxr32 (not reponding), i delete it, and then theres one last message saying "the Shell32.dll file is linked to the missing export shlwapi.dll:RegGetUSValueA.

Foggy · 09-20-2003, 09:07 PM

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com and download a win98 boot disk and fdisk the drive, reformat c: and reinstall win95.

HopelessinBama · 09-20-2003, 09:26 PM

thanks for the quick reply! I cant get on to my computer, im begining to think that it might be part of the conflict I/0 2f8 when it starts up. Ill try to see about that windows 98 site. Also, how do u add the windows 98 if u cant get on the explorer, it said im missing explorer.exe also, and i need to reinstall windows 95

ragtop · 09-20-2003, 10:07 PM

Hopeless:

Welcome to TechIMO

Not sure if I followed your message correctly, but it sounds like you already uninstalled Windows 95 - Is that correct?? and if so, exactly how did you uninstall it??

If you uninstalled WIndows, you will no longer be able to boot your computer. What you need to do, (as Foggy suggested) is to make a WIN98 boot disk (floppy). Then you boot the computer using the boot disk, run fdisk and reformat the hard drive, then reinstall WIN95 from your installation CD.

On the other hand, if you have a name brand computer, you quite likely have a "restore CD" rather than a genuine WIN95 CD. In that case, you'll have to follow the manufacturer's instructions for restoring the system.

Give us more details regarding what type of computer you have and whether you have a regular WIN95 CD or a "restore" CD. Also, are you familiar with the fdisk and format commands, or do you need help with how to use those??

golfcart · 09-20-2003, 10:16 PM

If you are installing the original windows 95 and choose to run FDISK from a 98 boot disk, be sure to choose 'No' when it asks if you want to enable large disk support. 95 can't see fat32 partitions

HopelessinBama · 09-20-2003, 10:35 PM

ragtop, golfcart, thanks ive progressed, i have a regular windows 95, but im not sure if i have the regular cd, i think it is, it says
windows 95, for distribation only with a new pc, yeh i think its regular, but there might be another cd, im not sure? i place it in the cd drive when i boot it up, but it doesnt seem to do anything, it still sends a message saying reinstall windows 95, sorry i took a while replying. ideas?

HaroldW · 09-20-2003, 11:04 PM

HopelessinBama:

The CD you have is a OEM CD, quite probably OSR 2.0 or later. Windows 95 CDs are not bootable. Like some of the others said; you need a Windows 95 startup floppy, or another boot floppy (with CDRom support) to boot the system and then begin the setup program on the CD.

ragtop · 09-20-2003, 11:19 PM

Sounds like you have an OEM Windows 95 disc.

As previously stated, the easiest thing for you to do is make a WIN98 boot floppy (you use the WIN98 version because it has the CDROM drivers already on it, that makes things easier)

Put the boot floppy in the floppy drive, and the WIN95 CD in the CDROM drive. Start the computer, and it will boot to an A: prompt. Run fdisk to delete, then reinstall the primary partition hard drive, then format the hard drive.

Once the hard drive is reformatted, switch to your CDROM drive and run setup. That will start the WIN95 installation routine.

Let us know if you need more specific instructions. You can also do a google search and find all kinds of information on installing WIN95, as well as using the fdisk and format commands, etc.