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will14   09-21-2006 at 08:06:37 PM

I just bought a C2D system e6300 bc it was cheapest.
I got all parts.
However system came w/o a floppy drive!!!!
All I have is windows 95 on a set of 35 floppies.
Can I convert them to one of those new cd things?
also I'm missing floppy # 31.
Do you think I can dl just this particular floppy somewhere?

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o29   09-21-2006 at 08:40:15 PM
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Windows 95 on floppies? Hehehe, that's jut funny. Brings me back.

I'm sure you could somehow make a bootable CD with the images on there,
but if you're missing one of the floppies, that's even more problematic.

Why don't you just buy XP? Or use Linux? Or something?

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Heyyou27   09-21-2006 at 08:41:43 PM
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You got a Core 2 Duo...to run Windows 95?... :lol:

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xxenclavexx   09-21-2006 at 08:43:00 PM
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get a new OS and you can solve your problem, I recommend buying XP for like 100 dollars of a student site, or school. If you not a student, I bet you know at least one.

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o29   09-21-2006 at 08:46:26 PM
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Yeah that's what I was thinking.

Does 95 even support dual core? I know Microsoft stopped supporting it in 2001.

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godman   09-21-2006 at 08:55:47 PM
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i dont know if win95 even has dual core support...dont think so because daul core processors for consumers weren't even released thefore they wouldnt hve implimentd this in the code. :(

any way i think you should just go out and buy a xp home or pro oem disc and go from there i know it costs extra money but it might be a better idea, i mean even if you got win95 on there what would you use the comp for? most apps need xp now anyway.:(

ah ha or you could just try and download linux for free (that is if you're not playing games etc unitil you have the money) :D

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godman   09-21-2006 at 08:58:19 PM
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Does 95 even support dual core? I know Microsoft stopped supporting it in 2001.



what do yu mean that microsoft stopped manufacturing win95 (which i guess hey have :lol: ) o do u mean at hey stopped making OSes wih dual core support :?:

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will14   09-21-2006 at 09:00:20 PM
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Could I move a HDD from old machine?
Will ata 100 HDD work on C2D?
Then I not need new OS?

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o29   09-21-2006 at 09:02:34 PM
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I'm not sure if they continued manufacturing it or not, but they stopped supporting it in that, they stopped making updates for it, and checking compatibility, etc.

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o29   09-21-2006 at 09:03:13 PM
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100gb? ATA drives will work, yes. It's really dependent on your motherboard, but I can't imagine your motherboard only having one ATA connector.

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crono   09-21-2006 at 09:09:12 PM
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dude, this guy is just making a post for fun. Do search on this guy, he knows more than windows 95 on C2D machine.

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o29   09-21-2006 at 09:12:43 PM
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Yeah, I think you're right. Plus 35 floppies seemed like a lot so I looked it up.

The floppy disk version of Windows 95 came on 13 DMF formatted floppy disks, excluding additional software that some releases might have featured, such as Internet Explorer.

Waste of my time.

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will14   09-21-2006 at 09:17:28 PM
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dude, this guy is just making a post for fun. Do search on this guy, he knows more than windows 95 on C2D machine.



You caught me.
I am however planning on testing Vista 64-Bit and 32-bit version on my laptop at home tonight wish me luck.
32-Bit I'm upgrading bc I know it'll work and the 64-bit I'm testing on a blank HDD.
=)
I do remember having a version of 95 on floppies though which was in the region of 30-52 floppies but they may have been 730k floppies not 1.44M.
Remeber when floppies broke the 1M barrier and we rejoiced as it relieved our poor 20 MB HDD's? Maybe they were restore floppies *shrug* just remember 2-3 stacks I had in my cabinet all for one OS install =)

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godman   09-21-2006 at 09:17:44 PM
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:( ---> :cry:

and i wrote all that in my post above :evil:


:lol:

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BustedSony   09-21-2006 at 09:23:19 PM
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Erm, to make it clear, any chipset from 915 onwards requires Win2K SP4 or XP SP1a. No earlier verson of windows will work on a 775 motherboard, at all, in any way. You MUST have one of the listed OSs or later (such as Vista) to run a motherboard that supports C2D. Also Win98/95 does not support multicore CPUs or the myriad other enhancements to the classic Pentium class. And lets not get into Fat32's limitations with modern drives.

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BustedSony   09-21-2006 at 09:25:09 PM
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Quote :

dude, this guy is just making a post for fun. Do search on this guy, he knows more than windows 95 on C2D machine.



You caught me.
I am however planning on testing Vista 64-Bit and 32-bit version on my laptop at home tonight wish me luck.
32-Bit I'm upgrading bc I know it'll work and the 64-bit I'm testing on a blank HDD.
=)
I do remember having a version of 95 on floppies though which was in the region of 30-52 floppies but they may have been 730k floppies not 1.44M.
Remeber when floppies broke the 1M barrier and we rejoiced as it relieved our poor 20 MB HDD's? Maybe they were restore floppies *shrug* just remember 2-3 stacks I had in my cabinet all for one OS install =)

Hehe, caught me too. Win98 was 14 floppies, win 95 was ten I think.

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dasickninja   09-21-2006 at 09:55:50 PM
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Chill out, the jokes on us. We got played for a big one. Good one Will14 :lol:
I'm gonna run 3.11 on mine.

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