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Windows 95 in a modern pc
Hi Guys,
I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated, thanks. Kev Nurse |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
Kev Nurse wrote:
Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated, thanks. Kev Nurse You can run some games under XP in compatibility mode. Alternatively, you can make a multi-boot system with any number of operating systems on the hard drive, each taking up a partition on the drive. Regards, Ari -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
"spodosaurus" wrote in message ... Kev Nurse wrote: Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated, thanks. Kev Nurse You can run some games under XP in compatibility mode. Alternatively, you can make a multi-boot system with any number of operating systems on the hard drive, each taking up a partition on the drive. Regards, Ari -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ ----------------------------------------------- Additionally, you could install and run the free Virtual PC software from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx) which would run as many "virtual" operating systems as you'd like, within a window while your host operating system is running. When you select which operating system you'd like to install on the virtual PC, it will create a virtualized hardware environment ideal for the target operating system, along with a virtual hard drive, so you don't have to worry about compatibility. -- -Russell http://tastycomputers.com |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
Kev Nurse wrote
I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Nope, it'll work fine usually. Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Nope, that just limits the partition size and Win95 OSR2 supports FAT32 anyway. Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated, thanks. |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
Most modern hardware is NOT win 95/DOS compatible. Current compatibility
only goes back to Win 98 in most cases. -- DaveW ---------------- "Kev Nurse" wrote in message ps.com... Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated, thanks. Kev Nurse |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
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DaveW wrote: Most modern hardware is NOT win 95/DOS compatible. Current compatibility only goes back to Win 98 in most cases. Get Microsoft Virtual PC and run W95 on modern hardware. -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. A Proud signature since 2001 |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
"Kev Nurse" wrote in message ps.com... Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Win95 will *NOT* run in a machine with a CPU faster than 300 mhz. Though there is a patch to get it to work with a faster cpu... there is still a limit. Just a guess...but even with the patch you may still not be able to run it on any current production machine. Not only that, the patch can be difficult to apply. If you can boot the machine to safe mode...it can be appllied from within windows... but since the machine may not even run in safe mode... the files need to be manually extracted and copies to the appropriate folders. So if you really want to run win95...you might as well dig out a pentium-1 they are still avail at rummage sales for $5 or less |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
In article , philo
says... "Kev Nurse" wrote in message ps.com... Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Win95 will *NOT* run in a machine with a CPU faster than 300 mhz. Though there is a patch to get it to work with a faster cpu... there is still a limit. ********. -- Conor Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak......... |
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Conor wrote:
In article , philo says... Win95 will *NOT* run in a machine with a CPU faster than 300 mhz. Though there is a patch to get it to work with a faster cpu... there is still a limit. ********. Maybe about that particular claim, but I can't see Windows 95 running on modern hardware. One obvious reason is because you won't find drivers. By the way, to Kev Nurse. As other authors have probably already made clear, there's probably no reason to try. You should be able to find a compatibility mode even in Windows XP. Maybe I'm spoiled but I wouldn't mess with Windows 95. Good luck and have fun. |
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Windows 95 in a modern pc
"Conor" wrote in message .. . In article , philo says... "Kev Nurse" wrote in message ps.com... Hi Guys, I have a spare modern pc that my son wants to play some old Win 95 games on. I have the old DOS/Win95 software, but is there a compatability problem with a modern motherboard and hard drive, etc? Is FAT16 and FAT32 an issue? Win95 will *NOT* run in a machine with a CPU faster than 300 mhz. Though there is a patch to get it to work with a faster cpu... there is still a limit. ********. It would have taken about once second on google to confirm http://archives.devshed.com/forums/w...d-1113903.html first of 427,000 hits on that subject |
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