Convert WIN NT machine to WIN 95

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Dan - 21 Dec 2003 23:42 GMT

I have a machine I acquired from a previous employer. It
is running WIN NT 4.0 and boots under a Novell prompt. I
would like to install a legal version of WIN 95 that I
have from a dead computer, but when I try to execute the
SETUP.EXE it tells me I can't install 95 while running WIN
NT. It says I need to boot under DOS, but I can not
figure out how to get this machine to boot under DOS. Any
suggestions?

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philo - 22 Dec 2003 00:18 GMT

> I have a machine I acquired from a previous employer. It
> is running WIN NT 4.0 and boots under a Novell prompt. I
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> figure out how to get this machine to boot under DOS. Any
> suggestions?

First you will need one of the newer versions of fdisk

you can get a winME bootdisk with cd support from www.bootdisk.com

bootup with it run fdisk then delete the non-dos partition

next create an active primary partition

reboot and format the drive

you can now install windows if you need a cd

win95 can usually be found on ebay for about $15

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 22 Dec 2003 22:26 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a machine I acquired from a previous employer. It
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>suggestions?
>ok know you would like to install win 95 tell me do you

want to keep win nt? or do you want to get rid of it i
can help you but i need to now what you want to do

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