HP — To install Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Using Windows 95 Installing Windows 95 11. Do not detect any CD-ROM drive, Network, Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card devices, then click Next. 12. Select “Install The Most Common Components (recommended)”, then click Next. 13. Click “No, I do not want a startup disk”, then click Next. 14. Click Next to start Copying Windows 95 Files to Your Computer. 15. When prompted, click Finish to restart Windows 95. 16. The Windows 95 Setup Wizard will now configure hardware, Control Panel, programs on the Start menu, Windows help, the MS-DOS program settings, Time Zone, and Microsoft Exchange. Enter any changes when the system displays the Time Zone screen.

If you chose Microsoft Exchange during the installation, enter the information or click Cancel to enter it later. 17. When prompted to set up a printer, install your printer or click Cancel. 18. Click OK to restart the HP Notebook. IE 4.0 will be installed after you restart the Notebook 19. Insert the first HP Notebook Recovery CD-ROM of the set. 20. Open Windows Explorer. 21. Click View, then Folder options. 22. Select “Show all files” under View, uncheck “Hide file extensions for known file types”, then click OK. 23. Copy (drag and drop) the files from the Recovery CD in \HP\DRIVERS\W95\PIIX4UPD to C:\WINDOWS\INF by highlighting and dragging all files.

(If prompted, click Yes to All to replace all files.) 24. From Control Panel, double-click System, then click Device Manager. 25. Remove the “PCI Bridge” devices (not PCI CardBus Bridge devices) from the “Other devices” category. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal dialog box. 26. There are two items in “Hard disk controllers” category that must be removed in the correct order. Remove the “Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller” from the “Hard disk controllers”. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal dialog box. 27. When prompted to restart Windows 95, click No. 28.

Remove the “Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller” from the “Hard disk controllers.” Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal dialog box. 29. Close the System Properties window. Corporate Evaluator’s Guide 119