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Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 10:01 am
by abk4523
I am trying to install Windows 95 OSR 2.5 and running into a problem. I am using a Windows 98 boot disk because I cannot find a Windows 95 disk image. When I run setup, I get an error: Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes of disk space on your c: drive. The drive is set up with 251 M of space, and Microsoft recommends between 50 and 55 M of space, so space should not be a problem. If I am using the wrong boot disk, does anyone know where I can find another? If not, does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Re: Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 10:22 am
by szadycbr
abk4523 , strange, did you do make partition on newly created disk? anyway, i remember when i tried to do same thing i get wrong ms-dos version error, and setup never proceed, so i did download dos 6.22 alone and it worked, but you can find win95 bot floppies on site called winworldpc (no link due to copyrights :) ).

Re: Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 11:38 am
by abk4523
I did make the partition on a new disk. I'll try Winworldpc for the boot disks and let you know. Thanks for the help.

Re: Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 2:40 pm
by GLwolf
Check [Moderator edit : Please do not link to copyrighted material] :)

Re: Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 9:22 pm
by abk4523
Looks like it was the boot disk. Win98 does not have the format command.

Re: Problem installing Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted: Fri 14 Jun, 2019 1:00 pm
by GLwolf
abk4523 wrote: Tue 11 Jun, 2019 9:22 pm Looks like it was the boot disk. Win98 does not have the format command.
This command is in the file EDB.CAB

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