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What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want to run or would i only be able to use windows 95?
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Jim Macklin
Do a Google for "dual boot" to find answers.
Also read
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306559
Short answer is, it can be done, you'll get a prompt at
every boot to choose which system to boot into.
Why do you want to have W95?
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| What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that
has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want to
run or would i only be able to use windows 95?
Also read
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306559
Short answer is, it can be done, you'll get a prompt at
every boot to choose which system to boot into.
Why do you want to have W95?
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that
has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want to
run or would i only be able to use windows 95?
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Guest
Be VERY careful. If you install 95 over XP, things will go south very quickly. It is best done using a third part boot manager or (after backing up all your data) doing a clean install of Win95 and then installing XP over that
----- Jim Macklin wrote: ----
Do a Google for "dual boot" to find answers
Also rea
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;30655
Short answer is, it can be done, you'll get a prompt a
every boot to choose which system to boot into
Why do you want to have W95
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome
| What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc tha
has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want t
run or would i only be able to use windows 95
----- Jim Macklin wrote: ----
Do a Google for "dual boot" to find answers
Also rea
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;30655
Short answer is, it can be done, you'll get a prompt a
every boot to choose which system to boot into
Why do you want to have W95
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome
| What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc tha
has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want t
run or would i only be able to use windows 95
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hermes
Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded said:What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that has windows
xp? would i be able to choose which i want to run or would i only be
able to use windows 95?
Well, Windows XP would not let you just install Windows 95 over it, it just
wouldn't work untless you delete the partition WinXP is on and then install
95 fresh. Unless you want to dual boot, but then you should Install 95
first, then install WinXP so it can find your previously installed version
of windows and give you the option not to overwrite it.
Incase anyone tries to lecture you about licensing, read the info at this
link before you make your own decision.
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/
http://microscum.com/crapolammpafaq/
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hermes
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that
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DJS0302
What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that has windows xp? would
What kind of processor are you using? Windows 95 may not be able to handle a
processor that's too fast for it. I know I couldn't get it to work on mine and
I have a 2.6C GHz Pentium 4. I installed all the patches that are suppose to
allow Windows 95 handle a super fast processor but they didn't work. I later
read somewhere that Windows 95 won't run at all on a processor faster than 2.0
GHz.
i be able to choose which i want to run or would i only be able to use
windows 95?
What kind of processor are you using? Windows 95 may not be able to handle a
processor that's too fast for it. I know I couldn't get it to work on mine and
I have a 2.6C GHz Pentium 4. I installed all the patches that are suppose to
allow Windows 95 handle a super fast processor but they didn't work. I later
read somewhere that Windows 95 won't run at all on a processor faster than 2.0
GHz.
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R. McCarty
Instead of Dual-Booting/Disk format, etc. Just download a 45-Day
trial of Microsoft Virtual PC. With it you can run additional O/S's in
an isolated way that doesn't affect your main operating system.
I've have 8 different O/S VPC's - Everything from Windows 1.1 up
to Windows 2000 and an instance of the Penguin.
The only requirement is a pretty large memory configuration. You can
run earlier OS's in a small footprint 64-128. However, NT, 2000 should
probably have 256 as a minimum.
You can load from a saved state in just a few seconds. If you make
changes that you do not want saved you just close the VPC without
committing changes to disk. It's a great tool for having older OS/s.
It's also possible to use Windows XP within XP - but you'll need a
second license.
It creates a virtual drive of up to 16 Gigabytes, but saved drives will
usually be much smaller. If you have 4 or more VPC's plan to allocate
at least 8-10 Gigabytes for storage.
See the following web-site for more info.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/
trial of Microsoft Virtual PC. With it you can run additional O/S's in
an isolated way that doesn't affect your main operating system.
I've have 8 different O/S VPC's - Everything from Windows 1.1 up
to Windows 2000 and an instance of the Penguin.
The only requirement is a pretty large memory configuration. You can
run earlier OS's in a small footprint 64-128. However, NT, 2000 should
probably have 256 as a minimum.
You can load from a saved state in just a few seconds. If you make
changes that you do not want saved you just close the VPC without
committing changes to disk. It's a great tool for having older OS/s.
It's also possible to use Windows XP within XP - but you'll need a
second license.
It creates a virtual drive of up to 16 Gigabytes, but saved drives will
usually be much smaller. If you have 4 or more VPC's plan to allocate
at least 8-10 Gigabytes for storage.
See the following web-site for more info.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/
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Alex Nichol
Lucas said:What would happe if i installed windows 95 on a pc that has windows xp? would i be able to choose which i want to run or would i only be able to use windows 95?
You will need to make a separate partition for it and either (better)
use an external Boot Manager (eg do the partitioning with Partition
Magic, and use the Boot Magic that comes with it), or you could then
use the method Doug Knox has at
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm
Note that unless it is a Win95 *OSR2* from late 1996 or later it will
have to have its partition made as a FAT 16 one, not FAT 32.
I would not use Win95 at all now - a dual boot with Win98 is a much
better bet (preferably the Second edition)
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