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    May 24, 2005, 03:33 PM
    Installing win95 on a re-formatted HD
    Ok, so here's the problem:
    I just got an HD from a friend, it's an OLD one and I just completely reformatted it. I want to install Windows 95 on it, I have the disk and everything, but I can't install because it says it can't install under NT (I have XP). I want to install 95 on the HD I just got, without screwing up XP on the other one. Anybody know what I can do?
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    May 24, 2005, 03:42 PM
    Try using a Windows 95 boot diskette (http://www.nerdlabs.org/bootdisks/index.php). Boot from the diskette with CDROM support and go from there.
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    May 24, 2005, 03:57 PM
    Thanks for the help, I'll try that.
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    May 25, 2005, 05:47 AM
    Win 95 (in fact all Win 9x versions) Require that they be installed on the C drive. Also, if the disk you have is a full version it probably requires a bare (unformatted) drive to install onto.

    If you are trying to install Win 95 on this drive in a machine that currently has Win XP installed, you will most likely screw up XP.
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