Installing W95 / Corrupted VFD.VXD

Hallo Alan,

Thank you very much for your help. On my computer the file downloaded as a
VFD.VXD (not .txt!). I will try to install it tomorrow on the old machine and
see if it works. Getting the file to the old machine is rather complicated.
It does not have a networking connection nor USB port and my present Desktop
does not have a floppy. So I will need to burn this small file on a CD-RW to
get it transferred. Will let you know what happens. Again many thanks.

Greeting,
Dave

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> This site seems to have a free download.
> It downloads as VFD.txt but at 5,857 bytes it is the right size and
> looks like VFD.VXD
> http://www.geocities.com/kurimao_corner/win95driver3.html
>
> Take your chances.
> I can dig up a Win95 install if necessary.
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:29:03 -0800, in microsoft.public.win95.setup,
> Dave <Dave.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to re-install W95 form diskettes on an old 486 DX 2 computer,
> >that I wish to use for simple controling purposes. However it seems, that the
> >VFD.VXD file in de cabinet Win95_03.cab is corrupted. It dos neither want to
> >install, nor can I extract and copy it with extract.exe. On the internet I
> >can only find sources where I can get this small file for an unreasonable
> >ammount of money. Does anybody know a free source or does anybody have a copy
> >of this file?
> >
> >Dave,
> >The Netherlands
>

Did it work? Just curious.

Dave wrote:

> Hallo Alan,
>
> Thank you very much for your help. On my computer the file downloaded as a
> VFD.VXD (not .txt!). I will try to install it tomorrow on the old machine and
> see if it works. Getting the file to the old machine is rather complicated.
> It does not have a networking connection nor USB port and my present Desktop
> does not have a floppy. So I will need to burn this small file on a CD-RW to
> get it transferred. Will let you know what happens. Again many thanks.
>
> Greeting,
> Dave
>
> "Alan Edwards" wrote:
>
> > This site seems to have a free download.
> > It downloads as VFD.txt but at 5,857 bytes it is the right size and
> > looks like VFD.VXD
> > http://www.geocities.com/kurimao_corner/win95driver3.html
> >
> > Take your chances.
> > I can dig up a Win95 install if necessary.
> >
> > ....Alan
> > --
> > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> > http://dts-l.com/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:29:03 -0800, in microsoft.public.win95.setup,
> > Dave <Dave RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I am trying to re-install W95 form diskettes on an old 486 DX 2 computer,
> > >that I wish to use for simple controling purposes. However it seems, that the
> > >VFD.VXD file in de cabinet Win95_03.cab is corrupted. It dos neither want to
> > >install, nor can I extract and copy it with extract.exe. On the internet I
> > >can only find sources where I can get this small file for an unreasonable
> > >ammount of money. Does anybody know a free source or does anybody have a copy
> > >of this file?
> > >
> > >Dave,
> > >The Netherlands
> >

It took me a while to find some time around the Newyear. Although the file
downloaded as a VFD.VXD and seemed to have the right size, it did not work
after installation in the Systems and/or VMM32 directory. Even after doing
the things as described in KB150164 (VFBACKUP could not load VFD.VXD) I kept
getting the same error message. Probably this could have to do with language
or version incompatibillities? To make a long story short, I borrowed an old
W98 CD Rom from my neighbour and installed it without problems. That is to
say, there isnot much speed left in this old 486 machine, but I can live with
that. Again thank you very much for your support and I think, that we have to
live with the fact, that some problems are beyond solving.

Greetings,
Dave

"Moldy Cheese" wrote:

> Did it work? Just curious.
>
> Dave wrote:
>
> > Hallo Alan,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help. On my computer the file downloaded as a
> > VFD.VXD (not .txt!). I will try to install it tomorrow on the old machine and
> > see if it works. Getting the file to the old machine is rather complicated.
> > It does not have a networking connection nor USB port and my present Desktop
> > does not have a floppy. So I will need to burn this small file on a CD-RW to
> > get it transferred. Will let you know what happens. Again many thanks.
> >
> > Greeting,
> > Dave
> >
> > "Alan Edwards" wrote:
> >
> > > This site seems to have a free download.
> > > It downloads as VFD.txt but at 5,857 bytes it is the right size and
> > > looks like VFD.VXD
> > > http://www.geocities.com/kurimao_corner/win95driver3.html
> > >
> > > Take your chances.
> > > I can dig up a Win95 install if necessary.
> > >
> > > ....Alan
> > > --
> > > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> > > http://dts-l.com/index.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:29:03 -0800, in microsoft.public.win95.setup,
> > > Dave <Dave RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I am trying to re-install W95 form diskettes on an old 486 DX 2 computer,
> > > >that I wish to use for simple controling purposes. However it seems, that the
> > > >VFD.VXD file in de cabinet Win95_03.cab is corrupted. It dos neither want to
> > > >install, nor can I extract and copy it with extract.exe. On the internet I
> > > >can only find sources where I can get this small file for an unreasonable
> > > >ammount of money. Does anybody know a free source or does anybody have a copy
> > > >of this file?
> > > >
> > > >Dave,
> > > >The Netherlands
> > >
>
>