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MiaFan2010 · 2012-01-24 12:44:09

Hey Everyone! My Dad and I finally made a Virtual PC of Windows 95. Unfortunately, I am not uploading the VHD file we've created for security reasons. But you can find some VHD files that other people have made by searching for "Windows 95 VHD" using your favourite search engine.

Here is what we've used on our own Windows 95 Virtual PC:
-We've used a Windows 95 OSR2.5 ISO Image
-We've bumped up the RAM to about 256MB. (It might be 248MB of RAM, but I'm not sure.)
-We've made the floppy disk drive to not auto-detect a floppy disk.
-We've set the network adapters to None.
-And the CD-ROM Drive is set at the secondary controller.

I've tried it out on the basement computer and it really worked! After My Dad and I tried it out on the basement computer, I tried it on my own with my Windows XP Computer.

I've tried out:
-Microsoft Paint
-Hardwood Solitare II
-and a few others that run perfectly on Windows 95.

Let me know what you think of this forum post. Thanks!

veggieman001 · 2012-01-24 12:46:27

That's cool. I like to boot ReactOS on VirtualBox on my XP machine :3

MiaFan2010 · 2012-01-24 12:55:26

veggieman001 wrote:
That's cool. I like to boot ReactOS on VirtualBox on my XP machine :3

Thanks!

pop12345678900000 · 2012-07-29 16:17:19

@MiaFan2010

can you copy the files

IHeartGaming · 2012-07-29 17:14:16

I'm running the exact same thing! big_smile

Ludburghmdm · 2012-07-29 17:22:06

What Did you DOWNLOAD an ISO file and used it, or did you make an ISO out of the official CD? Because downloading is illegal yikes

I'm running Windows 95 on VirtualBox, memories of me playing my old Sony Vaio Laptop that's so old now that the screen doesn't work.

All i did was make an ISO out of my installation disk, I'm NOT giving the ISO, so DON'T ask.

@pop12345678900000 "can you copy the files"
"I am not uploading the VHD file we've created for security reasons." -_- ACTUALLY read the post next time? Not only for privacy/security reasons, it's also ILLEGAL to download/upload a free copy of Windows 95 on/to the internet.

pop12345678900000 · 2012-09-23 13:21:42

@Ludburghmdm

i dont want a vhd file

only the files of the cd-rom!!!!!

veggieman001 · 2012-09-23 13:22:26

pop12345678900000 wrote:
@Ludburghmdm

i dont want a vhd file

only the files of the cd-rom!!!!!

that's still illegal

jvvg · 2012-09-23 13:24:05

Cool. I ran Windows 98 once.

@pop12345678900000: yeah, it's still illegal. You have to pay for the CD.

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jukyter · 2012-09-23 13:24:59

I doubt they still sell Windows '95 so you're probably on safe legal grounds

veggieman001 · 2012-09-23 13:27:00

jukyter wrote:
I doubt they still sell Windows '95 so you're probably on safe legal grounds

nope, it's still under copyright
you'd have to find it at like goodwill or something for it to be legal

jukyter · 2012-09-23 13:28:36

Wow
No one's really going to follow you up on it though

veggieman001 · 2012-09-23 13:32:47

that's true, it's not like they care if you really want an operating system that's more than 15 years old
but if you were sued on it then yeah they'd win

fire219 · 2012-09-23 14:06:57

Cool, I have several VMs in VBox on this computer. About 13, in fact. :3

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 19:29:29

I'm pretty sure the Virtual PC thing means you don't have to pay for the CD or something as long as you paid for the current OS or something. I'm not sure.

And yea, 95 was the first Windows to have a start menu. I used to use a 95, then a 98. tongue

fire219 · 2012-09-23 19:36:36

jji7skyline wrote:
I'm pretty sure the Virtual PC thing means you don't have to pay for the CD or something as long as you paid for the current OS or something. I'm not sure.

And yea, 95 was the first Windows to have a start menu. I used to use a 95, then a 98.

The first computer I ever used was a 98 machine, if i remember correctly. Only thing I ever did on it was play Mickey Mouse games and stick several CDs in every crack big enough to fit them through. Hey, I was 2 or 3 at the time. tongue

jji7skyline · 2012-09-23 19:47:05

fire219 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
I'm pretty sure the Virtual PC thing means you don't have to pay for the CD or something as long as you paid for the current OS or something. I'm not sure.

And yea, 95 was the first Windows to have a start menu. I used to use a 95, then a 98.
The first computer I ever used was a 98 machine, if i remember correctly. Only thing I ever did on it was play Mickey Mouse games and stick several CDs in every crack big enough to fit them through. Hey, I was 2 or 3 at the time.

I must have been only a few years older. It was a 95, then later a 98, and I pretty much just did writing (yay! productive!), drawing (even more productive!) and the built in games (awww tongue ).

nathanprocks · 2012-09-23 22:21:05

A couple of weeks ago, I installed a Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 image on my iPod Touch. Windows 95 takes at least 5 minutes to load. The program that takes the longest to load is noticeably Internet Explorer.

fire219 · 2012-09-24 17:05:18

jji7skyline wrote:
fire219 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
I'm pretty sure the Virtual PC thing means you don't have to pay for the CD or something as long as you paid for the current OS or something. I'm not sure.

And yea, 95 was the first Windows to have a start menu. I used to use a 95, then a 98.
The first computer I ever used was a 98 machine, if i remember correctly. Only thing I ever did on it was play Mickey Mouse games and stick several CDs in every crack big enough to fit them through. Hey, I was 2 or 3 at the time.
I must have been only a few years older. It was a 95, then later a 98, and I pretty much just did writing (yay! productive!), drawing (even more productive!) and the built in games (awww ).

I might have tried to play (and failed at) minesweeper. But of course, since I was a baby and toddler at the time, I can't remember. tongue

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