Installing Win95B onto 2nd HD, do I need to boot with Win95A or 95B boot disk?

[Borg20001]

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Okay, I have a Cyrix 6x86L PR200 CPU and two Maxtor HDs, 20 gig and 4.3 gig, both currently formatted under Win95A. I want to wipe the 4.3 gig using Maxtor's Maxblaster software. Then I want to install on it, Win95B OS.

Since I am not a whiz at all this, I am relying on Maxblaster instead of fdisk.exe.

My question is, when I go to install Win95B onto the 4.3 gig HD, should I disconnect the 20 gig HD (I want to keep this one as it is with all my data, games, programs etc. on it - plus I don't have the capability to back it up) and set the jumpers on my 4.3 to be a Master (instead of the current slave setup) and then go to my BIOS and set it to just see the 4.3?

Then should I boot using the Win95B boot disk and then try to install the Win95B OS from the CD (presuming I can access the CD drive from just a boot disk)? Or should I boot from the Maxtor Maxblaster boot disk? Or should I boot from my old Win95A boot disk?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Borg20001]

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[Hoholi]

The proper thing to do is leave the disks connected that is c:\ master and d:\ slave and e:\ cd-rom. There is no need to use fdisk or "maxblaster" on d:\ you just have to delete al the files on it or quickformat the drive !
Get a copy of Powerquest bootmagic 6 or other boootmanager and install it on the c:\ drive. be sure to check the option to hide other partition !
Now you can start a new installation of windows using a boot disk with the cd-rom driver on it.
If you don't have one locate a win98 bootdisk or find one at www.bootdisk.com
Succes !