remove windows95 from my computer

Please provide us with more information.

Is it a CD or a DVD you are using?

Are you sure the drive is a DVD reader if you are using a CD, I am asking as if you are running Windows 95 it could be an old machine.

Does the disc work in any other computers?

Have you edited the BIOS or pressed the appropriate key to select boot from CD/DVD rather than booting from the hard drive?

1. it is a CD from LINUX format magazine
2.it is an old machine "SONY compact disk"
3.the disc works in my laptop
4.I have tried to edit the bios but not sure that I amdoing the right
thing as it also wont read start up from the windows CD
5. which is the key to press to boot from CD/DVD

thanks Phil
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 13:28 +0000, Steven Rose wrote:
> Your question #38467 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/38467
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
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> Steven Rose requested for more information:
> Please provide us with more information.
>
> Is it a CD or a DVD you are using?
>
> Are you sure the drive is a DVD reader if you are using a CD, I am
> asking as if you are running Windows 95 it could be an old machine.
>
> Does the disc work in any other computers?
>
> Have you edited the BIOS or pressed the appropriate key to select boot
> from CD/DVD rather than booting from the hard drive?
>

Yes formatting C: is sufficient to remove windows and for doing a clean install please refer:

Enter this command in a DOS Prompt

format C:\ /Q

/Q, Performs a quick format and additional drive space will be obtained

and you can try damn small linux (Since your system is old)

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

If the disc is not working and it will also not read other discs, I suspect it is the drive.

As for the BIOS settings and such, it will tell you the button to press when you boot, it usually tends to be something like delete or f12, but its different depending on the motherboard.