It's not so uncommon actually, but it was known by so many different names because the real manufacturer is an ODM called Clevo. Companies sold Clevo laptops under their own brands but the FCCID gives it away, yours should say FMA86T on the underside. I've got an FMA86D (dual-scan) which is …

Curious what old laptop do you have ? If the floppy and cdrom both have issues then YES the HD could also be failing. If hardware related it cannot be fixed by just using another computer to transfer files... It's a very unknown laptop: a Computer Notebook Multimedia 86. It was made probably in …

cyclone3d wrote on 2023-02-26, 21:44: If the drive is dying like you think, then you might as well change to an SSD. You can get a m.2 to 44pin enclosure for less than $12 on eBay. Then get a cheap m.2 Sata drive and be done with messing with spinning rust on that system. yeah i'm thinking about …

Which version of Windows 95 do you have? Remember that version A (as opposed to B or C) aren't compatible with FAT32. Even if you have a good release, you may find that running the Windows 98 format.com-utility will work better when you have started Windows 98 in DOS-mode. So my suggestions go as …

I pressed F8, went in the Windows' startup menu and chose the option 8: Previous Version of MS-DOS, and DOS loaded up fine. Then i went to the D:\ directory with the Win95 installation files and run format.com from the bootdisk folder that i took from the unbootable disk. An error message popped up …

You could have disabled many feature of Windows 98 SE like the UI additions of IE4 using Microsoft TweakUI making the computer to go faster without having to reinstall anything. But what is done, is done. Not all Windows 98 CD can be started from the BIOS. Only the OEM versions can. Other version …

Hi, i wanted to install Windows 95 on this old laptop that has Windows 98 SE because it's too slow for it, so i tried to format the HDD and stuff but: - This floppy Drive doesn't read the bootdisk at all , even though the led flashes and it was making a few noises (so it's not entirely dead). I …