"NO FIXED DISK FOUND", issue

I am trying to get my older pc that is installed with win95 to boot back into
windows at startup. I have the original boot disk with all files on it,
along with the original Win95 cd installation disk.
Two problems occur: 1. At the A:> prompt, I cannot get into any other
directory or disk drive, like C:> or D:>... or any other letter.
2. When I try to format the hard drive, I get the message that it is an
illegal procedure because it is a network drive. FDISK says that "No Fixed
Disks Found".
I tried booting with both the original 95 floppy, and also a current Norton
Antivirus CD. Norton shows that there are no viruses. The old system does
run slow... CPU is only a 166; however RAM is 94KB. Is there maybe too much
RAM? I have tried using other boot disks from bootdisk.com, and other
sources (even a win98 startup disk--that almost solved the problem--at least
that one gave me 5 choices for booting back into windows; but without success.
If I could only get the C:> prompt to disply, I am sure I could get into
setup mode, and re-install win95 from the original CD.
Suggestions please.

Open the case and unplug and reseat the cables that connect the hard
drive to the motherboard. Also, make sure the drive is jumpered
correctly. Then start the computer, go into the BIOS setup and make
sure the drive is properly configured. Use autodetect if available and
be sure to save the new settings. If this doesn't help, most hard drive
manufacturers have diagnostic software available for download.

Maxtor http://tinyurl.com/3nz9y
Seagate http://www.seagate.com/support
Western Digital http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=2

Ben

"chip618" <chip618.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:77FD03E4-75F8-4955-803E-A68C70AB4BD0@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to get my older pc that is installed with win95 to boot back into
> windows at startup. I have the original boot disk with all files on it,
> along with the original Win95 cd installation disk.
> Two problems occur: 1. At the A:> prompt, I cannot get into any other
> directory or disk drive, like C:> or D:>... or any other letter.
> 2. When I try to format the hard drive, I get the message that it is an
> illegal procedure because it is a network drive. FDISK says that "No Fixed
> Disks Found".
> I tried booting with both the original 95 floppy, and also a current Norton
> Antivirus CD. Norton shows that there are no viruses. The old system does
> run slow... CPU is only a 166; however RAM is 94KB. Is there maybe too much
> RAM? I have tried using other boot disks from bootdisk.com, and other
> sources (even a win98 startup disk--that almost solved the problem--at least
> that one gave me 5 choices for booting back into windows; but without success.
> If I could only get the C:> prompt to disply, I am sure I could get into
> setup mode, and re-install win95 from the original CD.
> Suggestions please.