I'd need to know a little more before saying exactly why what has happened, has happened but here is a 'quite likely' explanation.
If you bought a new PC with Windows 95 on, the hard disk will have been set up using the new FAT32 system. The health warning that comes with this is that some programmes designed to run on other operating systems may not run under FAT32.
WP5.1 was created without the full co-operation with Microsoft!!!!! And I would not be at all surprised if the coding of WP5.1 was one of these situations.
The solution is to FDISK before formatting. To do this you will have to Delete the existing partitioning using the Win95 bootdisk and then create new partitioning using the DOS 6 disks. Then Format before loading
Hope this helps.
Peter Childs
Hi-Grade Southampton
Student Support Manager
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-----Original Message-----
From: P.Satchell -Phillip Satchell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 03 July 1997 15:01
To: 'dis-forum'
Subject: Uninstalling Win95 - technical
Can anyone throw some light on this please.
I recently visited a student who had bought a shiny new Win95 system but who
was really a DOS/Hal screen reader user. I re-installed DOS6 for her by
booting from the DOS set-up floppy and allowing it to reformat the hard
disk.
The system works OK but exhibits some odd video effects. At the C: prompt
everything appears OK - white on black. In WP51 the (usual blue) screen
becomes a soft rainbow of colour the like of which I've never seen on a PC
(the colours aren't banded rather they're softy blended patches of colour.)
Everything continues to work properly including the screen reader and it
doesn't worry the student who has no useful sight but it is rather bizzare.
Any suggestions/solutions?
Phil
Phil Satchell
Technical Project Officer, Office for Students with Disabilities
Open University
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