Re: About Windows 95

On August 2nd, 2007 Reluctant Geekette (not verified) says:

Hi! I am having a devilish time trying to fix my hard drive. When I use the boot disk for Windows 95, I get some very interesting error messages:
1. ScanDisk encountered a data error reading the FAT entry for Cluster 0. This error prevents ScanDisk from fixing the drive. This is one for the diary. Whenever I tried to find the error, it would kick me back to a black screen and I would have to start the whole process again.
2. Specified command search directory bad. Tells me that I am missing himem.sys. but himem.sys is on the boot disk and it will not allow me to copy it from the boot disk to the C drive.
3. Incorrect MS-DOS version needs MS-DOS 3.0 or higher. I received this when I tried to boot from a floppy disk. When I downloaded a higher MS-DOS version, the possessed computer wouldn't accept it either.
4. Write Fault Error Reading Drive C.
5. Invalid Drive Specification. It won't let me create a path to Drive C.
When I attempt to correct one problem, it opens up a myriad of other problems. What am I doing wrong? Any help at all to find out if I am doing everything in the correct order and if I am missing something would be greatly appreciated.

AAARRRGGGHHH! Is my hard drive salvagable and just in need of a partition or do I need to buy another hard drive. Thanks!!