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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: Hearny on August 02, 2008, 11:00:35 AM

Title: Installing windows 95 or 98 on my laptop
Post by: Hearny on August 02, 2008, 11:00:35 AM

hi everyone

i have just got a used laptop from the local college and it has been totally wiped windows included, i was told to get hold of a floppy disk with windows 95 on it just to get my laptop working.

i have the disk and when i put it in the laptop it say starting windows 95

then it comes up with

Microsoft(R) Windows 95
     (C)copyright microsoft corp 1981 - 1996.

A:\>

i dont know wot to type in now

anyone know

thanks guys

Title: Re: Installing windows 95 or 98 on my laptop
Post by: quaxo on August 02, 2008, 11:03:48 AM

Quote from: Hearny on August 02, 2008, 11:00:35 AM

hi everyone

i have just got a used laptop from the local college and it has been totally wiped windows included, i was told to get hold of a floppy disk with windows 95 on it just to get my laptop working.

If you only have a floppy, it's a boot disk, and not the Windows 95 installation CD. That's what you need to get a hold of.