First post, by Pertinax
I never had this problem before and I wonder what is causing it. The CF card is working well, I can copy large files to it and off it without problems on my modern pc. Yet, when I try to install Windows 95 OSR2 on it, I get these issues:
It usually throws errors in the scandisk that starts before the setup, especially at the free space part, it says it is not correct (or something like that, I am using the Dutch Windows 95), and it says it is fixed. But then after the scandisk part, when it says Setup is preparing, it gets stuck for a while, then throws a Error reading from C. Sometimes I get passed this step, but then the GUI setup throws an error right at the start that I should do something else because I have HFS partition.
I tried the following things:
- Delete all partitions and create a new FAT32 partition in FDISK from the Windows 98 boot diskette. I then format it on my Windows 11 machine because formatting on the Pentium 1 machine doesn't work, it gets stuck at the step "creating the file allocation table" then after like 10 minutes or so it gives me an error. Both slow and quick format don't work.
- Delete all partitions and create a new FAT32 partition in Disk manager in Windows 11.
- Fix the alignment of the partition with the program Minitool Partition Wizard.
None of the solutions worked. A few weeks ago, I managed to get the setup working, and I used the pc with that card and partition without a single issue for a while. I even played games on it, installed 95 Plus, no issues at all. That's why I'm certain the CF card is fine. It also works fine under DOS with FAT16 partitions.
My setup:
Socket 7 Compaq Presario 4122 with a 150 MHz Pentium CPU
16 MB RAM
CF to IDE adapter with 40 pin cable and onboard IDE
Onboard S3 gpu
4 GB Transcend CF card
I have another 1 GB CF card with a DOS and Windows 3.1 installation which works fine.
Before I try to fix this, or use a different CF card, I want to understand what exactly is going on here, anyone got an idea or had similar issues?
EDIT: Solved, see my last comment! Make sure when you use a FAT32 partition, that the Win95 build is OSR2, the info on winworldpc isn't 100% correct, there are some non OSR2 images on the OSR2 page! And don't align your partition in third party software, Windows 95 doesn't like that.
