hi i just picked up this old computer that somebody threw in the garbage its running windows 95 when i try to start it up i get an error message about windows protection error i can get in windows in safe mode but it says that the hard drive may contain a virus but i checked it for spyware and viruses it found some spyware so i deleted it it also says that the config.sys files might have been tampered with is there anithing i could do i have 4 windows 95 cds but they are alll scratched pretty bad could i just copy the the files from the cd to hard drive and run the setup??

hey there, welcome to pchf, you could copy the cd setup files tot the harddrive but then you wont be able to format your hard drive through the setup for obvious reasons (the files are on the harddrive), lets see what the techs think

i have 2 other old pcs that i could do it on would that help

Hi Genie,

Welcome to PCHF!

Would you not rather install a more recent OS like XP? There are freeware tools you can use to repair Win95, but in the long run you'd be much better upgrading the operating system now. This is depending on the specs of the computer of course though.

thats why i dont install windows xp its a old pc and i dont have a lot of ram to work with its a computer that i put together out of parts that i had lying around

Hi again, you could give it a try, copy the disk files to the hard drive and then run the setup, when it asks you where to store the windows file call it windows1 or something, also if at any time if it asks u to format DONT because formatting will cause the windows installation files to be deleted, once the installation is complete goto ur c drive and delete the old windows file, or you can go with scouse's idea and use a repair tool , hope this helps urs dave