Install Windows 95

"Ben Myers" <benjmyers RemoveThis @mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message
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See http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm about creating a boot
floppy with CD drivers. As for the product ID, try
http://www.62nds.com/62nds/diag.exe

Ben

"New Orleans Louisiana" <New.Orleans RemoveThis @Louisiana.email.org> wrote in message
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> Windows 95 New Install
>
> Is there a forum for a Windows 95 question? My neighbor has an old PC
> with
> 95. He has no disks. The HD has c:\windows\options\cabs
>
> But he does not have any numbers, serial keys, etc.
>
> Windows will not load. Is there a way to create a 95 Boot disk / A drive
> /
> and reload 95 ? But should the Reg Editor run first to try and locate the
> 25 digit serial number in the existing version of Windows 95 ?
>
> The old 95 PC has no network connections but it has a CD Rom. Is there a
> way to DL and create a bootable CD on this XP home PC, use that CD to boot
> the old 95 PC and install Windows 95?
>
> Thank you from New Orleans.
>
>
>

additional:

you can create a bootable CD with XP (pull the harddisk from the old machine
and connect to the XP to transfer the files for win95)
note this will not make a disk like your original win95 CD (no autostart)

whether your win95 machine can boot to a CD ...can't say (best way would be
floppy as Ben suggested)
 >> Stay informed about: Install Windows 95 

hello,
i tried the floppy ben suggested, and it says it can't be run in dos?
thank you
"Haggis" <zeddySP RemoveThis @Mnavnet.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Ben Myers" <benjmyers RemoveThis @mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message
> news:Olr%23Wn8MHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> See http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm about creating a boot
> floppy with CD drivers. As for the product ID, try
> http://www.62nds.com/62nds/diag.exe
>
> Ben
>
> "New Orleans Louisiana" <New.Orleans RemoveThis @Louisiana.email.org> wrote in message
> news:uKjW4o4MHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Windows 95 New Install
>>
>> Is there a forum for a Windows 95 question? My neighbor has an old PC
>> with
>> 95. He has no disks. The HD has c:\windows\options\cabs
>>
>> But he does not have any numbers, serial keys, etc.
>>
>> Windows will not load. Is there a way to create a 95 Boot disk / A drive
>> /
>> and reload 95 ? But should the Reg Editor run first to try and locate
>> the
>> 25 digit serial number in the existing version of Windows 95 ?
>>
>> The old 95 PC has no network connections but it has a CD Rom. Is there a
>> way to DL and create a bootable CD on this XP home PC, use that CD to
>> boot
>> the old 95 PC and install Windows 95?
>>
>> Thank you from New Orleans.
>>
>>
>>
>
> additional:
>
> you can create a bootable CD with XP (pull the harddisk from the old
> machine and connect to the XP to transfer the files for win95)
> note this will not make a disk like your original win95 CD (no autostart)
>
> whether your win95 machine can boot to a CD ...can't say (best way would
> be floppy as Ben suggested)
>
 >> Stay informed about: Install Windows 95 

"pemo" <nospam RemoveThis @nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>
> hello,
> i tried the floppy ben suggested, and it says it can't be run in dos?
> thank you
> "Haggis" <zeddySP RemoveThis @Mnavnet.net> wrote in message
> news:ehCAdpANHHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >
>


To use a WIN9X boot disk to install win2k

you need to run winnt (not setup)

also: You also must load smartdrv fist or your installation may never
complete
 >> Stay informed about: Install Windows 95