Greger wrote on 2022-07-17, 20:30:OK so I've typed in the right numbers for my HDD and floppy, and the floppy seems to be working. What has changed about the HDD […]
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OK so I've typed in the right numbers for my HDD and floppy, and the floppy seems to be working. What has changed about the HDD is that it no more says there is no bootable disk, but it says that there is no operating system now. And it says it in swedish which I find a bit odd if there is nothing on it, why would it say so in swedish? I'm
swedish but if there is nothing on the HDD wouldn't the computer just type everything out in English?
Is there any easy way to browse the HDD without removing it? Some floppy disk that I could use? It would be a shame to format it if there is actually anything there. But perhaps the previous owner has simply formated it!
Where should I go from here? Will windows 95 run good on a 66mhz 8mb ram computer with 212mb HDD?
Hi @Gregor,
Is this your first DOS era computer? I think you need to read up on booting from a floppy disk. Then use a utility from floppy to troubleshoot your hard drive. If you have never had a DOS disk this might be a little tricky at first. But there are a few sites from where you can download a DOS diskette image and then use a piece of software to write out a bootable diskette to a USB floppy drive on your modern system. Of course you will need a USB floppy drive first.
It is also possible to purchase newer hardware that can be installed to take the place of the old floppy drive, like a Gotek that will boot from a USB that is playing the part of the floppy drive.
If you know anyone who has a floppy drive, you can ask them for help to make your bootable floppy diskette. The Windows 98 floppy is a good idea but any DOS from 3.3 to Win98 should work.
In my case I have many DOS machines from many years ago so I already have many floppy diskettes and floppy drives. But by now floppies are ancient equipment and not many have them on their machines. But once you have a bootable DOS floppy you will be able to install Windows 95, or 3.11, to the hard drive.
It's possible that the floppy drive, or the controller, will be bad. If that happens you may choose to invest in the Gotek instead.
Seaken