About Windows 95

April 14, 2006 at 12:53 pm

In 1995, Microsoft introduced Windows 95, which represented the “next step” towards a comprehensive consumer-oriented graphical operating system for PCs (Windows NT had already been created at the time, but was geared towards businesses and servers.) Windows 95 is the great “compromise” operating system. In some respects, it has its own way of handling access to the hard disk, but in other ways it resembles, and even uses, standard DOS. This is how Windows 95 strives for performance while retaining compatibility with older software. Windows 95 in fact includes a version of DOS, that is designed to work with it and its file structures.

When Windows 95 was released, it came with a new and updated version of the traditional FAT file system: VFAT. At the same time, Windows 95 was compatible with older FAT12 and FAT16 partitions and disks The initial version of Windows 95 is now sometimes called “Windows 95A” to distinguish it from later editions, or “Windows 95 Retail” in recognition of the fact that it was the only revision of Windows 95 officially sold to the public. It’s important to remember that this version of Windows 95 does not support the FAT32 nor the NTFS file system.

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  1. Dakota Walker said,

    August 17, 2009 at1:28 pm

    Im trying to install win 95 on my 2ndary hd,but its 18.7 gb,and the other hd is running xp.How do i do this?

  2. Mutafa said,

    October 6, 2009 at5:00 am

    ok to do this,,,

    first install win95 on ur computer, while installing, choose the partion or the drive to install on, u have to choose ur secondary hard disk,,,
    after u finish installation of wion95,,,

    boot from a windows xp cd and install it on the primary partition
    ,
    and it is supposed to work fine, ok honey ????

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    January 17, 2010 at10:32 pm

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  4. dogfarts said,

    January 22, 2010 at7:56 pm

    you folks are freaking eeeeeeediots omg get a life and stop listening to morons like your dogfather in the penitentiary who rapes squirrels.

  5. BiG-Tony said,

    February 16, 2010 at3:40 pm

    @lolman go suck a dick

  6. BiG-Tony said,

    February 16, 2010 at3:41 pm

    oops I mean @doffarts haha

  7. Express Computers said,

    March 5, 2010 at7:23 pm

    Does Windows 95 support NTFS?

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