Windows 95 disketts
Kevin Rose
read the cd-rom. I am hoping that somebody can advise me and point me in
the proper direction of either properly copying my cd-rom onto disk or
acquiring an new set. It is very important I be able to get this. Any
information is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your assistance and information.
JD Adams
website. You could be looking for W95 on floppies for a long, long
time.
-JD
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Question. Does the same thing go for a mouse? My brother has a DOS
machine, and we're trying to put Wind95 on it, starting directly from
the CD. The mouse is fine until the installation process gets to the
"setting up hardware" part of it. At that time the mouse goes dead.
The mouse is Logitech. I've tried going through Control Panel. I've
tried both Logitech and generic mouse drivers. Regardless, I find the
mouse dead.
What's going on here?
Jim L
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JD Adams
> machine, and we're trying to put Wind95 on it, starting directly from
> the CD. The mouse is fine until the installation process gets to the
> "setting up hardware" part of it. At that time the mouse goes dead.
>
> The mouse is Logitech. I've tried going through Control Panel. I've
> tried both Logitech and generic mouse drivers. Regardless, I find the
> mouse dead.
>
> What's going on here?
Nope, the same thing does not apply to mice. Windows has its own mouse
drivers built-in - no need for DOS drivers that wouldn't work within
Windows anyway. If your Logitech mouse isn't working right, the drivers
are wrong, or the mouse doesn't work right to begin with.
My suggestion to you is to try a different mouse. They are not all
created equal. I've run into dozens of people who use El-Cheapo mice
who complain about dead mice, badly tracking mice, etc. I have them
plug in a Microsoft Basic Mouse, and all is well, forever.
Best regards,
-JD
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life...@xxvol.com
> If your Logitech mouse isn't working right, the drivers
>are wrong, or the mouse doesn't work right to begin with.
>My suggestion to you is to try a different mouse.
We got it working. On a wild guess I moved the mouse from COM1 to COM2.
It worked. When we changed modems it jumped back to COM1. We put the
first modem back in and now it is still on COM1. I can only assume
plug-n-pray is playing tag with the hardware.
JD Adams
>
> JD Adams <JDA...@Softcom.Net> said:
>
> > If your Logitech mouse isn't working right, the drivers
> >are wrong, or the mouse doesn't work right to begin with.
>
> >My suggestion to you is to try a different mouse.
>
> We got it working. On a wild guess I moved the mouse from COM1 to COM2.
> It worked. When we changed modems it jumped back to COM1. We put the
> first modem back in and now it is still on COM1. I can only assume
> plug-n-pray is playing tag with the hardware.
A-HA! I'm sure Windows is noodling with the IRQ's/IO ports, just for
laughs. (I have my hardware set up so that 8-bit cards and hardware
ports are assigned by the computer at bootup, and Windows can't change
those assignments at runtime, preventing this sort of thing.)
OOPS! Some folks <ahem> around here get censor-happy when I let out
little secrets like that one! Best keep all this tech-talk to a
minimum, lest we confuse the newbies! <g>
Glad to hear you worked a bit of magic with your mouse.
life...@xxvol.com
>(I have my hardware set up so that 8-bit cards and hardware ports are
>assigned by the computer at bootup, and Windows can't change those
>assignments at runtime, preventing this sort of thing.)
>OOPS! Some folks <ahem> around here get censor-happy when I let out
>little secrets like that one! Best keep all this tech-talk to a
>minimum, lest we confuse the newbies! <g>
I'm as newbie as anyone. How do you set that up? Hm, maybe a switch in
the BIOS?