@Coroutines said:
I wonder what's the limits of OEM PCs.
In the Windows 95 OSR2.x days, obviously you'd have little flexibility in terms of supplied hardware, preinstalled bloatware (though not nearly as bad as the XP+ era; you could get Office if you got a high-end or business system) and only obtaining a "restore CD" or a companion CD lacking several setup files instead of the real Windows CD (big OEMs mostly).
Then of course hardware advanced really quickly, going from a config of 200 MHz/32 MB/2 GB in 1996 to 1 GHz/256 MB/20 GB in 2000. Your decent 95 OSR2 PC would struggle with the newfangled Windows 2000 unless you shelled out additional cash on new hardware.
And video cards, don't get me started on video cards with OEM PCs. Integrated Intel graphics were around then, and if they were crappy in 2007 imagine them in 96/97. If not you'd get something like an S3 that would make most games crash when started or texture glitches on others. Not many Aptiva, Presario and Dimension-calibre PCs came with Voodoos if at all.
@dvdmcwilliams said:
Floppy version won't fit on a regular (1.44mb) floppy disk, do you know how to fix it?
Those are DMF disk images (1.7mb). That is a format Microsoft used to get more storage out of 3.5" high density disks. Use WinImage and a machine with a real floppy drive to write them. Note that USB floppy drives to NOT support DMF formatted disks.
The Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM) (ISO) option seems to be missing some files. I've just noticed this when I tried to install Windows 95 on a virtual machine and it reported a lot of missing files during the final part of the installation, plus the ISO file seems to be lighter than the one written on the file size section of the table above (382MB instead of 400MB).
@ItsRexie_04, are you running setup from the CD-ROM or did you copy the win95 folder to the HDD? There is a well-known bug with Windows 95 setup where the CD-ROM drivers are not loaded during the last part of setup which means that it can't find the files.
@win32 said: @ItsRexie_04, are you running setup from the CD-ROM or did you copy the win95 folder to the HDD? There is a well-known bug with Windows 95 setup where the CD-ROM drivers are not loaded during the last part of setup which means that it can't find the files.
Firstly I installed MS-DOS 7.1, then ran setup.exe from the CD-ROM. I've never modified the hard disk drive either way.
@win32 said: @ItsRexie_04, are you running setup from the CD-ROM or did you copy the win95 folder to the HDD? There is a well-known bug with Windows 95 setup where the CD-ROM drivers are not loaded during the last part of setup which means that it can't find the files.
Firstly I installed MS-DOS 7.1, then ran setup.exe from the CD-ROM. I've never modified the hard disk drive either way.
Why, if you can, just as I said on the OSR2.5 comments:
@TheGoldenPig said:
During setup, no matter what ISO i use, it says "Please insert the disk labled 'Windows 95 Disk1', and then click OK." I have the disk inserted but when I click OK it says "The File [insert file].dll could not be found on 'Windows 95 Disk1'". I click skip on all of them and the next time it reboots, it won't start up because an important file is missing.
Just copy all the cabinet files in the /WIN95 directory to a folder on the hard disk. When it throws that error, just change the directory to your folder with the cabinet files on the hard disk and hit "OK"!
It's easy to make your own OEM key for Windows 95 if you know how. The structure is as follows.
dddyy-OEM-xxxxx-zzzzz
ddd is the day of the year that the key was issued (so 001 to 366 is valid) yy is the two-digit year that the key was issued (95 to 02 is valid) For xxxxx, the first digit must be zero and the last cannot be 0, 8 or 9. When added together, these digits must be evenly divisible by 7. zzzzz can be any 5 digits you like
So, based on the above rules, 06197-OEM-0014907-15227 is valid.
Some people say that Windows 95 supports CD boot, some people ask if it is possible to boot from CD. Windows 95 does not support booting from CD even with the final version (even OSR 2.5). In order to be bootable from a CD, the boot loader, boot sector, and system files that are executed at boot time must be included in the CD.
I have no idea if i'm doing something wrong but I use VMware workstation 9 (my pc runs windows xp 32 bit) and I put in the iso and img files to boot windows 95, and it just doesn't work. any help?
Windows 95 OSR 2
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I wonder what's the limits of OEM PCs.
In the Windows 95 OSR2.x days, obviously you'd have little flexibility in terms of supplied hardware, preinstalled bloatware (though not nearly as bad as the XP+ era; you could get Office if you got a high-end or business system) and only obtaining a "restore CD" or a companion CD lacking several setup files instead of the real Windows CD (big OEMs mostly).
Then of course hardware advanced really quickly, going from a config of 200 MHz/32 MB/2 GB in 1996 to 1 GHz/256 MB/20 GB in 2000. Your decent 95 OSR2 PC would struggle with the newfangled Windows 2000 unless you shelled out additional cash on new hardware.
And video cards, don't get me started on video cards with OEM PCs. Integrated Intel graphics were around then, and if they were crappy in 2007 imagine them in 96/97. If not you'd get something like an S3 that would make most games crash when started or texture glitches on others. Not many Aptiva, Presario and Dimension-calibre PCs came with Voodoos if at all.
Floppy version won't fit on a regular (1.44mb) floppy disk, do you know how to fix it?
Those are DMF disk images (1.7mb). That is a format Microsoft used to get more storage out of 3.5" high density disks. Use WinImage and a machine with a real floppy drive to write them. Note that USB floppy drives to NOT support DMF formatted disks.
Windows 95 OSR2.0 with Plus!, would be great if somebody could archive it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-95-MICROSOFT-PLUS-PC-CD-ROM-1996-Microsoft-Disc-Only-/293021821683
The Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM) (ISO) option seems to be missing some files. I've just noticed this when I tried to install Windows 95 on a virtual machine and it reported a lot of missing files during the final part of the installation, plus the ISO file seems to be lighter than the one written on the file size section of the table above (382MB instead of 400MB).
@ItsRexie_04, are you running setup from the CD-ROM or did you copy the win95 folder to the HDD? There is a well-known bug with Windows 95 setup where the CD-ROM drivers are not loaded during the last part of setup which means that it can't find the files.
Firstly I installed MS-DOS 7.1, then ran setup.exe from the CD-ROM. I've never modified the hard disk drive either way.
you should copy the win95 folder to the HDD to ensure that setup can find the files during the final part.
Why, if you can, just as I said on the OSR2.5 comments:
How to fix the windows protection error?
Install the FIX95CPU patch before the initial boot into win95. it's listed in the patches section.
thanks!
I Have a Key for You Guys
12395-OEM-0999999-00000
Thank me later
There is another key:
17395-OEM-0009912-05422
Before installing Windows 95 from a CD you need to download a Win98SE boot disk which can be found here: https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-windows-boot-disk/98-se
dddyy-OEM-xxxxx-zzzzz
ddd is the day of the year that the key was issued (so 001 to 366 is valid)
yy is the two-digit year that the key was issued (95 to 02 is valid)
For xxxxx, the first digit must be zero and the last cannot be 0, 8 or 9. When added together, these digits must be evenly divisible by 7.
zzzzz can be any 5 digits you like
So, based on the above rules, 06197-OEM-0014907-15227 is valid.
Windows 95 does not support booting from CD even with the final version (even OSR 2.5). In order to be bootable from a CD, the boot loader, boot sector, and system files that are executed at boot time must be included in the CD.
this is a keygen for windows 95/98