On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 03:11:58PM -0400, Chris Williams wrote: > help! i am a novice and i need a boot disc for windows 95! what do i do, > where do i go
I'm not an expert on windows, but from my Linux experience I can give you a few helpful hints (since I'm sure Microsoft, being the big multi-billion dollar company they are, has similar resources): 1) Go to ftp.microsoft.com and look under windows/dists/windows95/disks-i386. There you'll probably find some windows 95 boot images. You can download them and use the simple DOS tools to write them to a real floppy, and boot with that. 2) Try emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are lots of helpful people there who can answer all of your questions. Perhaps they can even point you to some helpful FAQ's to get your system up and running. 3) If you have problems with your install media, try www.cheapbytes.com. They might have the latest windows release on CD for a mere $2 (atleast that is what the Linux CD's cost). Software is cheap. 4) Since Microsoft is a business, call their support line. The wait is usually only a minute or two, and all of their support representatives are highly trained engineers. In fact, I believe they even have the actual software developers on hand (well, atleast with Linux I can get the email address of the author of every piece of software on my system, so I assume Microsoft developers are as easily contacted). Hope this helps, Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
