First post, by resdog
Here are the computer specs:
150mhz mmx Pentium
16mb of ram
2 gig ide hard drive
cdrom
3.5 floppy drive
I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 95 for this laptop because the cdrom drive in the laptop would not work. It was not recognized and It seemed that drivers were not installed, however, it could be a more mechanical issue. I decided to follow a different guide online which did not work at all. I removed the hard drive from the computer and used an ide to usb adapter to back it up by copying the files manually to a folder on my regular computer. I did not use a 1:1 hard drive image backup tool to do this. I then formatted the laptop drive through windows 10.
After my initial attempt failed, I copied the files back onto the hard drive and re-inserted it into the laptop. Now, when I boot, I get an error message: "An Operating System wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system. Press any key to restart.". I located a 3.5inch 1.44 meg floppy to use as a boot disk, but to my dismay, the disk drive does not work. It makes a whirring sound but does not read the floppy disk. I've learned that I will probably need to grease up some of the moving parts. The downside to this disk drive is that it is encased in the laptop, meaning it cannot be removed unless I disassemble the entire computer.
I have an alternate dell laptop running windows 98. I attempted to remove the hard drive from that computer and put it in the NEC, but upon loading i get a "Disk I/O" error.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue?
tldr: I backed up files manually from an old laptop hard drive. I formatted that drive in windows 10. After copying the files back to the hard drive and turning the laptop on, I get the error message "An Operating System wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system. Press any key to restart.". The cdrom drive and the 3.5 floppy drive both do not work. How can I fix?
