win95 completley crashed need help

I recommend that you try to boot the computer with a floppy disk in
drive A:. You can obtain a Windows Startup Disk at:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Also, the Ultimate Boot Disk will: Restore corrupt system files; Flash
your PC bios; Scan your hard drive for viruses; Install or re-install
Windows; Extract cabinet files from the Windows CD; Scan your hard
drive for errors; Boot into the Windows graphical user interface; Run
DOS disk utilities like Partition Magic or Ghost; Partition your hard
drive; Backup your registry or transfer system files. 626kB. Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000. Free at:

http://www.startdisk.com/Web1/ubd/ubd.htm

If you can boot the computer from a floppy disk, try to access the C:
drive. If you can access the C: drive, there is hope. Your first
action should be to use DOS commands to copy from C: to floppy disks
all of the files you cannot afford to lose -- address lists,
spreadsheets, financial records, letters, wills, etc. Next, try to
start Windows in Safe Mode. If you can start in Safe Mode, you can
probably repair the current installation.

If you can boot from a floppy disk but you cannot start Windows, you
should try reinstalling Windows to a new empty folder. The following
articles explain how to install Windows into a new folder:

How to Reinstall Windows 95 to a New Folder [142096]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/142/0/96.asp

Information about reinstalling is also on www.windowsreinstall.com.

If you cannot access the C: drive or you cannot boot from a floppy
disk, your computer is probably dead. If this were a newish computer,
you could send it back to its maker for repair. But since this machine
is still running Win95, it is probably so old that it is not worth
repairing.


Bill Starbuck (MVP)