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Installing Windows 95 or Windows 98 with an Installed Network
Adapter
If you reinstall Windows 95 or Windows 98 on a system with an installed network adapter,
the adapter may not function after completing Setup.
To re-enable network adapter operation after installing Windows 95 or Windows 98:
1. Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager.
2. In the list of devices displayed, double-click Other Devices.
3. Under Other Devices, click the network adapter installed in your system, and then click
Remove.
4. Close Device Manager, and then restart the system.
5. As the operating system starts, it will detect the network adapter and prompt you to
install the network adapter’s driver software. Follow the instructions displayed. You
will need the diskette containing the network adapter’s driver software.
Enabling Bus Mastering for IDE/ATAPI Devices
Your system shipped with bus mastering for IDE/ATAPI devices enabled. If you reinstall
the operating system, you should enable IDE/ATAPI bus mastering.
NOTE If you have a CD-Recorder drive installed, do not enable IDE/ATAPI bus mastering. The CD-
Recorder drive is incompatible with IDE/ATAPI bus mastering.
To enable IDE/ATAPI bus mastering:
1. Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Disk Drives.
2. Click a disk drive, then click Properties, and then click Settings.
3. Click the DMA check box, and then click OK.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for any additional disk drives.
5. In Device Manager, right-click the CD-ROM drive, then click Properties, and then click
Settings.
6. Click the DMA check box, and then click OK.
7. Restart the system.
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