Memory Issues

[cHiNgY1788]

HiI have a AST Ascentia 950N running windows 95It has a 700Mb hdd and 8mb ram, 120MhzI plugged in a CF card to use as virtual memoryMy friend took it out and booted it and the laptop reported insuffictient memory to start windows 95Also told me to remove programs in config.sys and autoexec.batI tried putting the CF card back in, didnt workSoI went into safe mode to see what was in Autoexec.bat and config.sys, I opened them up in notepade and found it to be emptySo what do i do? Logged.txt boot mode doesnt work either

[cHiNgY1788]

Either i am vilified here or we're all stumped

[Murf]

I don't think many folks are visiting "95" forum much these days. Sorry no one has tried to help.

1. Windows 95 & up does not require autoexec.bat and/or config.sys files to run. It only uses them if dos drivers or certain sound drivers require loading.

2. Did the CF card actually have virtual memory on it? It was being used as such before pulling out and booting?

[cHiNgY1788]

yes it was being used for such things before being removed

[Murf]

Reboot into SAFE MODE then check where virtual memory is being stored? Is it still pointing to the CF card. If it is Change it back to the hard drive, reboot then reinstall the CF card.

[cHiNgY1788]

Ive Changed the virtual memory from CF to HDD in safe mode, then tried to reboot to normal, same problem comes up with the message of having insufficient memory

[jdc2000]

You could boot to a DOS prompt and use the MEM command to see how memory is being used>

MEM /C /D /F /P

[cHiNgY1788]

I just reinstalled it... problem solved...

[Murf]

Thx for letting us know.