~NeonFire372~
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Project 95
Don't ask why I'm doing this, but I decided to take down my old computer from the dusty old attic today and fool around with it a bit. It was running Windows XP on a 850MHz 128MB RAM system so it wasn't too pleasant and I thought that I had enough of that. I decided to reformat using the tools on the Windows XP Home Edition disc. I reformatted, and now I have a clean system, I think. I just reset the power when it reached 100% in the reformatting because I didn't want it to reinstall Microsoft Windows XP on that thing.
I want to install Microsoft Windows 95 on my old computer, don't ask why, seems to run a bit faster and work better than XP on an older system. This will turn into Project: Ubuntu a little later when I investigate the workings of the Ubuntu system, but for now, its project 95. I'm lazy and can't figure out anything for myself... well, I tried, but this got me stumped.
Anyway, your probably thinking by now, what the ---- is this guy talking about? But anyway, I have a Windows 95 CD from my original computer that I got back in 1998 and I tried to boot from the CD... first tried booting from E drive and then D and not results. It said something like insert system disc or something but it will boot okay from the Windows XP Setup Disc. How can I install Windows 95 if I can't boot through the hard disk drive because there's nothing on it and I can't boot from Windows 95 disc because it won't let me? Should I wait for Ubuntu and try to boot from that? (Yeah, I'm going to do that later but I'm not waiting around for that Ubuntu CD to come in the mail, I want to get things done now). In clearer form,
[1] How can I get my stubborn computer to boot from the Windows 95 disc? Do I need a 95 floppy or something, my computer can boot from XP disc so it should be able to boot from any other type of disc, right?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and in a couple months when I receive my free Ubuntu CD (or if I go to my Aunt's where there's broadband I will try to get it there), this will become Project Ubuntu.
Don't ask why I'm doing this, but I decided to take down my old computer from the dusty old attic today and fool around with it a bit. It was running Windows XP on a 850MHz 128MB RAM system so it wasn't too pleasant and I thought that I had enough of that. I decided to reformat using the tools on the Windows XP Home Edition disc. I reformatted, and now I have a clean system, I think. I just reset the power when it reached 100% in the reformatting because I didn't want it to reinstall Microsoft Windows XP on that thing.
I want to install Microsoft Windows 95 on my old computer, don't ask why, seems to run a bit faster and work better than XP on an older system. This will turn into Project: Ubuntu a little later when I investigate the workings of the Ubuntu system, but for now, its project 95. I'm lazy and can't figure out anything for myself... well, I tried, but this got me stumped.
Anyway, your probably thinking by now, what the ---- is this guy talking about? But anyway, I have a Windows 95 CD from my original computer that I got back in 1998 and I tried to boot from the CD... first tried booting from E drive and then D and not results. It said something like insert system disc or something but it will boot okay from the Windows XP Setup Disc. How can I install Windows 95 if I can't boot through the hard disk drive because there's nothing on it and I can't boot from Windows 95 disc because it won't let me? Should I wait for Ubuntu and try to boot from that? (Yeah, I'm going to do that later but I'm not waiting around for that Ubuntu CD to come in the mail, I want to get things done now). In clearer form,
[1] How can I get my stubborn computer to boot from the Windows 95 disc? Do I need a 95 floppy or something, my computer can boot from XP disc so it should be able to boot from any other type of disc, right?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and in a couple months when I receive my free Ubuntu CD (or if I go to my Aunt's where there's broadband I will try to get it there), this will become Project Ubuntu.
