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The Recovery Process

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The Recovery Process Important If the recovery program is stopped or canceled for any reason before it is completed, before you restart the recovery program, type CLEAN at an A: prompt to reset the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk. Then you can restart the program. If you want to enable FAT 32 file system support, complete the following steps before beginning the Windows 95 reinstallation procedure. If you do not want to enable FAT 32 support, skip the the following steps and proceed to the next section, "Windows 95 Reinstallation" on page 26. If you enable FAT 32 file system support, the entire hard disk will be partitioned and formatted, and any software and data on the hard disk will be deleted. If possible, back up all your software and data before partitioning and formatting the hard disk and reinstalling Windows 95. After you have reinstalled Windows 95, you must reinstall any application programs and device drivers that were previously installed. (Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and System. Then select the Device Manager tab and Other to see what did not install.) To enable FAT 32 support: 1. Insert the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk into drive A. 2. Turn on or restart the computer. The recovery program starts automatically. 3. At the first screen, press Shift+F5. This takes you to an A: prompt. 4. Type CLS and press Enter to clear the screen. 5. At the A: prompt, type FDISK; then type Y to enable large disk support. An FDISK Options screen appears. To enable FAT 32 support, all logical drives and DOS partitions must be deleted and new ones created. Select the appropriate option. Chapter 4. Reinstalling Windows 95 25

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The Recovery Process
Important
If the recovery program is stopped or canceled for any reason
before it is completed, before you restart the recovery program,
type
CLEAN
at an A: prompt to reset the
CD-ROM Setup Boot
Disk
.
Then you can restart the program.
If you want to enable FAT 32 file system support, complete the
following steps before beginning the Windows 95 reinstallation
procedure.
If you do not want to enable FAT 32 support, skip the
the following steps and proceed to the next section, “Windows 95
Reinstallation” on page
26.
If you enable FAT 32 file system support, the entire hard disk will
be partitioned and formatted, and any software and data on the
hard disk will be deleted.
If possible, back up all your software and
data before partitioning and formatting the hard disk and
reinstalling Windows 95.
After you have reinstalled Windows 95,
you must reinstall any application programs and device drivers that
were previously installed.
(Select
Start
,
Settings
,
Control Panel
,
and
System
.
Then select the
Device Manager
tab and
Other
to see
what did not install.)
To enable FAT 32 support:
1.
Insert the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
into drive A.
2.
Turn on or restart the computer.
The recovery program starts
automatically.
3.
At the first screen, press
Shift+F5
.
This takes you to an
A: prompt.
4. Type
CLS
and press
Enter
to clear the screen.
5.
At the A: prompt, type
FDISK
; then type
Y
to enable large disk
support.
An FDISK Options screen appears.
To enable FAT 32
support, all logical drives and DOS partitions must be deleted
and new ones created.
Select the appropriate option.
Chapter 4.
Reinstalling Windows 95
25