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Old November 11th, 2010, 07:53 PM
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95 Error Message

I don't suppose anyone will see this but I'll give it a go.
I have an old computer on which I have just installed Windows 95
I've no idea if it is a or b edition as I only have the cd left.
It is 100% legal.
When I restart after install it comes up with an error message.

"While initializing device IOS:
Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer"

I've restarted in "normal" "safe" & "step by step" but it always comes back with the same error.
Can anyone explain what the error is and how to overcome it so I can finish booting.
Thank You.
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Old November 11th, 2010, 09:56 PM
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Try the Microsoft Knowledge Base article, Error Message: Initializing Device IOS Windows Protection Error.

I Googled, "while initializing device ios windows 95" and got 1,390 results. If the MS article doesn't help, try some of those other resources.
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Old November 11th, 2010, 10:02 PM
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Thank You I'll Look at that.
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Old November 12th, 2010, 12:10 PM
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Ok, I'm really getting nowhere as half the options in the solutions don't seem to be there for me.
This is an old Shuttle with a Maxtor Diamonmax Plus8 drive of 40GB
AMD Semperon 2600, Ram is KVR266x64C25/256 soI think that is 256 MB of PC266

I've fdisk'ed my drive and formatted it. I really can't remember the sequence next.
Do I install Dos, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 first or can I go straight to 95.
My disks are all legal (I keep everything) How do I know if I have version "a" or "B"
there is nothing on the disk to tell me.
Does it matter which boot disk I use ?
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Old November 13th, 2010, 09:30 AM
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Ok
All I wanted to do was play some old games "wolfenstein, Spear of Destiny" etc. where it all began for me.
In desperation I thought I'd try Windows 98 as I could'nt get 95 installed .
Viola!! all the very first games I bought play on 98, and they really are'nt so bad today. Ahhhh Nostalgia.
Case closed.
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Old November 15th, 2010, 06:59 PM
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Thanks for letting us know.....GREAT
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