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by computercare

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I recently had a Gateway 2000 Pentium II with a 233 MHz givin to me. The computer had WIN95 on it and problem is that the person tried to load WIN98 on it, it won't load (I don't why it won't load) so they removed it. Now when you turn the machine on it gives you a POST and WIN95 starts then it goes to DOS. I tried to boot it with a WIN95 boot disk and I got this message: "OS load in process" Disk I/O error replace disk and press any key". I want to try to fix this without taking it to a computer shop, but I don't know where to start. I was hoping to get some help here?? Any help or ideas would be great......

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by dbldia1

it sounds like your system files are corrupted if you have a valid version of win 95 or 98 you can use the boot disk to boot the machine. when you the message to boot with cd rom support hold down the shift + F5 keys to go to the command promt and Fdisk the drive and start from scratch after you have fdisked you can run the full install uninterruptted. Sometimes these problems are best cured with a clean load. You need to make sure your boot disk is a microsoft disk some of the ones that back up utliities make do not have fdisk or format and the cd rom drivers

by cnlson

you could load win98 on it but when you try you will get a constantly beeping and gibberish filled screen. if you hit 2 then enter you will be fine to load win98

good luck!

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