windows xp to 95

thomas01155

how to i downgrade from xp to windwos 95. the windows 95 inst bootable from start up.

gaming_guy

partition the hard drive?

you could always format the xp hdd and install 95 on the hdd but you will lose all your data

why do you want windows 95 anyway?

thomas01155

because im trying to downgrade an old laptop which i install xp on and i can berly run.

esuhl

Try using a floppy to boot from. You can download Windows 95 boot disks here: http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

If you have a copy of Windows 98, you can use 98lite, which is a great tool that strips un-necessary components from Win98 and really speeds things up on old hardware. Have a look at http://www.litepc.com/ if you're interested.

bat999

Hi thomas01155

I used to use Windows 95 and did several clean installs.

This is how I remember it:-

The Windows 95 CD isn't bootable so you need a "CD boot disk" on a floppy disk.
You can get one from websites such as this one:-

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

On the floppy boot disk you have (amongst other things) a driver for your CD rom and some DOS commands.

So you insert the floppy boot disk and switch on your pc so that it boots from the floppy.
You will just see the DOS prompt
A:

First you must get rid of all the Windows XP stuff by reformatting the hard drive, the DOS command is
FORMAT C: (where C is your hard drive)

Next you must insert the Windows 95 CD.
Then you must change the drive using DOS command
cd D (where D is your CD rom drive)
Then you must change to the Windows 95 folder using DOS command
cd WIN95
Then enter the command
SETUP



That's how I remember it. Just make sure to save any data first. Also I recommend you do a google search for "Install Windows 95" to get a second opinion.
Good luck
:cool:

thomas01155

it doesnt have a foppy disk

albertross_2

does it have a CD, how old is this PC, why are you doing this?

Searcher

thomas01155 wrote:

it doesnt have a foppy disk

See Bat999's post ... I'm pretty sure it can't be done without a floppy drive, Windows wasn't bootable from the CD until Win98

Ganyam

thomas01155 wrote:

because im trying to downgrade an old laptop which i install xp on and i can berly run.

Go 98, not 95.......... :eek:

thomas01155

well my laptop cant run xp very well as it only has 50mb of ram it has a 4gb hard drive and a slow prossecor and it says recomended for nt/95 and i dont have a 98 disk.Its a old tosiba laptop.It doesent have a floppy disk drive only one cd drive.

ddavis

Can you not boot the machine into DOS mode from the startup menu and do it that way.... Pretty sure thats how i've done it before for a mate.