a silly installation of win 3.1?

[steppenwolf]

my win 95 computer is weird ,, it locks up.. i put win 3.1 on the d drive the harddisk has 2 partitions and when i rebooted i couldnt get into win 95 only win 3.1 .. so i went to dos and typed del windows and rebooted to win 95 but i have lock ups.. do you think it was the win 3.1 software or the board which i got off ebay .. never buy computer parts off ebay ,, its all junk or half is ,, what do you think?

[jerry4dos]

Hi Steppenwolf:

Is it possible that the WIN95 partition is set up for FAT32? If it is, when you boot up in the WIN3.1 partition, that will being running FAT16 -- which can't "see" FAT32 drives.

Just a thought . . .

Jerry

[steppenwolf]

id say its fat 16 but thats beside the point ,, i just wonder if the win3.1 even if its been deleted is causing lockup.. i used it for 45 minutes about tonight with no lock up though

[Murf]

First off, general comments about buying computer parts on ebay, although is your opinion, is just that your opinion. You get what you pay for. I build computers as a hobby, and buy and sell on ebay a lot. I have only run into one "Bad Part" and was refunded my money. I have yet "sold" a defective part.

When you installed Windows 3.1 on your second partition, it was mad active. Therefore, when you rebooted it booting to that operating system. When you "deleted" windows - BTW: Windows 3.1 is the only version of windows that can just be deleted, unless you know what your doing.

"i just wonder if the win3.1 even if its been deleted is causing lockup" - if it ain't there any more how can it cause lock ups.

Reading your other posts, you have problems that you have not resolved, installing another operating system is not going to resolve your problems.

If you want to get help take some of the advice that has been given out. You apparantly have a corrupted installation of Windows 95. You need to fix that.

What exactly do you mean by "locking Up", you need to explain exactly when it happen's, what you do when it happen's reboot, etc.

[Sarrkazztic]

My guess is heat issues causing your lock ups...that and a combination of a corrupt win95 install.......suggestion....try checking for heat issues by taking the side panel off and pointing a house fan inside the case......and.....then....back up your crucial files format and do a clean install.....and if you really want to dual with 3.1 install it first....then install your 95 to a separate partition

[steppenwolf]

last night i got the blue screen the first few minutes but i was able to turn that off in a few seconds ,, as i remember when i was in yahoo everything jammed and i had to hit reset ,, i should have wrote it down exactly what happened - possibly the illegal operation thing

its 32 megs of ram- maybe thats why and the new yahoo takes 64?

thanks