Lee:

I was able to find a CD of Windows 95 from a website called atomicpark.com.  
It was only thirty-some dollars.

Vaughn

On Tuesday 25 May 2004 08:46, you wrote:
> OK, this is totally off-topic, but you all are an amazing group of pc
> wizards, and I am sure you can put me on the right track.
>
> An acquaintance of mine is on a limited fixed income, and has an ancient
> PC with a hard drive which is almost completely full. His OS is Windows
> 98. He bought the pc used, and does not have the installation CD-ROM.
>
> I helped him with installing a second hard drive, but upon reboot, the
> thing gets to the splash screen, then gives a fatal exception message
> having to do with an invalid line of instruction in Explorer. I have
> tried fixing the registry, and restoring the registry, without positive
> result. I am thinking that the next thing to do would be a re-install of
> Windows 98, but neither he nor I have a Windows 98 CD-ROM.
>
> So, my question is two-fold- first, is there a trick which I am missing
> in getting his PC up and running again, short of a re-install, and
> second, if a re-install is necessary, where can I get a Windows 98 disk,
> short of trying to buy one retail?
>
> As this is off-topic, it would probably be best to reply off-list.
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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