When you see the 'Starting Windows 95' message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu. If this error occurs during Windows 95/98 Setup, use the following steps to resolve the issue:ġ. Save the file, and then restart your computer.
Add the following line in the '386Enh' section of the file. Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to edit the SYSTEM.INI file. This enables the amount of physical RAM that Windows can access to 944MB. To correct this issue in a sytem installed with 1GB or of RAM, add the following line to the (386enh) section of the SYSTEM.INI file: This tip applies to IBM IntelliStation and IBM PC systems capable of supporting 1GB or more of random access (RAM) memory and installed with Windows 95 or Windows 98. This behavior may also occur during Windows Setup, or when you try to start Windows 95/98 for the first time. 'Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilities from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and restart your computer.' 'Insufficient memory to initialize Windows.'
Also, when you try to start your computer, you may receive the following, or similar error message: If your computer has 1 gigabyte (GB) or more of random-access memory (RAM) installed, Windows 95/98 may not start.
