installing windows 95 on top of xp

yaacov81

i would like to be able to play my old dos games (i.e cm2) i have tried dos emulators but it wont work so i would like to create a new partition on my hard disk and install windows 95 problem is you cant install win 95 from within xp,.

is there any way of doing this and is it safe?

thanks

blinky

Have you tried VDMSound ?

As it's a DOS game it shouldn't be graphics intense, you could try downloading the trial version of VMWare Workstation and installing 95 on the Virtual Machine.

Microsoft also now do Virtual PC software (bought from someone else).

Don't know how much they cost to buy off the top of my head.

drlight_2

Install partition magic 8 to completely setup two oerating systems

surfnlurk

You could try using compatability wizard in XP's Start/All programs/Accessories/Program Compatability Wizard.

Come to think of it, I don't think Win 95 will dual boot. Think it starts at Win 98 with Win 2000/NT onwards. The older system has to be done first, then 2000 or XP.

As previous posters have said, 3rd party tools sometimes work. Try Madboot! Claims to be able to run as many O/S as you like.

drlight_2

Thats not true about win 95 not dual booting, infact you could have any two operating systems even windows3.1 or linux. Plus the order you install them is irrelevant.
It won't work if you install them on the same partition, the way dual boot works is that all boot partitions except the one you want to use will be hidden, it's a simple matter of choosing which one to run from the boot menu.
And you can install as many differant operating systems as you like, it's just a matter of having the disk space.
Al

surfnlurk

drlight wrote:

Thats not true about win 95 not dual booting, infact you could have any two operating systems even windows3.1 or linux. Plus the order you install them is irrelevant.

It won't work if you install them on the same partition, the way dual boot works is that all boot partitions except the one you want to use will be hidden, it's a simple matter of choosing which one to run from the boot menu.
And you can install as many differant operating systems as you like, it's just a matter of having the disk space.
Al

I stand corrected if your right Al, but I know on my system when trying to dual boot, XP specifically refused to install anything else, stating the installation of XP or 2000 must be after any other operating system. Of course, if you have 3rd party software you can get around this, just not sure if OP has this software. It can also get very technical when dealing with dual booting in the setup stages. Not a task for everyone. As for Win95 and 3.1 dual booting, that was news to me, would have been nice to have known that a few years ago when I had it installed. Thanks for the info :-)