a friend of mine somehow mucked up their comp worse than I've ever done (hard to believe, eh?). Anyways, it wont recognize that drive C exists, and when it does and I try to install an OS (win95), it says MS-DOD error version.

How can I fix this??

What version of DOS was used to Format the drive?

This could cause a problem. If you can make a boot disk of the OS you're planning on installing and use Format of that version, this could solve a lot of problems.

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I forgot to mention, after I unsuccessfully run the win95 install cd, it'll recognize drive C

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- Joe

how can I find out what version of DOS was used on the drive?? As I said earlier, this isnt my computer, so i dont know offhand, and I guarantee the owners dont either

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- Joe

When you boot the machine, do you get a c:\ prompt? if so, type VER and hit <enter>

I wonder if this has something to do with FAT-32?

No. If the drive was FDISK with FAT32 and it was an old version of 95 that only did FAT16, then the error would be different (it wouldn't even see the drive).

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Hey. What kind of party is this? There's no booze and only one hooker. -- Bender (Futurama)

open said case and make sure all the cables are secure

go to a friend's place and jack a Win98 boot disk. Use that to format (when you run FDisk, make sure you disable fat32 support when you start fdisk, or 95 will throw worse fits)

reformat then.

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Then you put in 65 hours in 5 days. What the hell was I thinking?

It doesnt see the drive, until after I try (unsuccessfully) to install win95

and I dont think the comp can handle win98 (cant remember specifics)

even after it sees the drive, it doesnt see whats on it

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unless its a 386/486 it can handle 98 fine (but if its one of those, why are you using it???)

Donno then....

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Then you put in 65 hours in 5 days. What the hell was I thinking?

Here's a quick solution, though may not be feasible. Go to pricewatch, buy a new motherboard, processor, hard-drive, video card, sound card, and just build a new one! If their still using windows 95, they need to come out of the closet and upgrade. Though 98 and ME aren't really all that great themselves, but I think I like the XP. So far, no problems, except the fact that I'm using a Voodoo3500 video card!