W95 Install Problem

[jgubjr]

I installed a new HHD (boot drive) onto one of my machines and was in process of reinstalling a couple operating systems when I ran into a hurdle which is new to me.

BTW - on this system I run DOS 6.22, W95 and WPro2K. I use System Commander 2000 as an OS manager.

I've installed W95 too many times and have never run into this particular problem. The installation goes smoothly until I get the message "W95 is going to run for the first time". In a second or two the screen goes monochrome and I get a message:

insuffcient memory to initialize windows .....quit one or more resident memory programs.....remove items in Autoexec.bat ...Config.sys ...

DOS 6.22 is installed on the partition and after running memmaker, I have 6K+ conventional memory. I note that after W95 fails to initialize, I have 554K of conventional memory. And there's nothing out of the ordinary in either autoexec.bat or config.sys. And BTW, this machine is running a 1 Ghz PIII and I have 1 GB of extended memory in it. And ...I don't have any memory resident programs loaded.

The only reason I install W95 is because I have a couple legacy devices that I still use occasionally and for which no WPro2K drivers don't exist.

I can't figure out why installation is unsuccessful because of "insuffcient memory". I've never had a problem like this before.

Is there something I'm overlooking? Anyone have any advice?

Thank you.

John G.

[GaryRouth]

Hi John

I didn't see your post - I missed a few days & it must have slipped down the line a bit

I'd imagine the error has to do with System Commander. Here's the link to their Win95 webpage for System Commander 2000 http://www.v-com.com/support/sup_os_Win95_install.html Maybe you'll see something there to try. They have several methods for installing: maybe you could try a different approach. It might be just a step you're missing. I don't use System Commander, but I remember a few threads about it that mention various errors that are often normal, and are bailed out by a procedure with a System Commander disk.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

[Chrisk]

Maybe a virus?

[mike breck]

Also check out this article from the MS Knowledge Base

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=184447

Could just be a simple matter of editing the VCache entry.

Funny why it didn't show up the last time you installed Win95.

Have you increased the amount of Ram since last installing Win95?

HTH