Where do they sell Windows 95?

**Michelangelo** · 04-24-2005, 03:18 PM

I had Win95 on my Packard Bell and I foolishly reformatted without realizing that my disk wasn't what I thought it was. I have a disk that says "Microsoft Windows 95: Companion" and it doesn't seem to be the install disk, there is no setup.exe on it.

If I am wrong and it is the install disk, please tell me what I need to know.

If I'm right and it isn't the disk I need, please tell me where I can buy a Windows 95 OS.

**Fox** · 04-24-2005, 03:38 PM

How old is this computer? If the specs are near 200MHz with a 3 gigabyte hard drive or larger, I would just find a copy of 98 and put that on there instead.

These days, the only place you can find 95 or 98 is second hand. That means eBay, or a brick-and-mortar store that sells used software.

**Michelangelo** · 04-24-2005, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

How old is this computer? If the specs are near 200MHz with a 3 gigabyte hard drive or larger, I would just find a copy of 98 and put that on there instead.

These days, the only place you can find 95 or 98 is second hand. That means eBay, or a brick-and-mortar store that sells used software.

Real old, it's a Pentium 133mhz, 1.8 GB HDD, I think it's only 16 MB 70pin SIMM RAM too.

Some people say just scrap it and use it for my studies, but I also need to learn OS installation.

**norin** · 04-24-2005, 04:12 PM

you can also go here to look for 95. should be about 1/4 way down page.

if you are lookign to learn about OS install. check out linux. fun fun.

**Terrister** · 04-24-2005, 04:24 PM

Half.com is part of Ebay that does sales. Here is the address for Win 95 software sales. http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cg...5AMPmeta_idEQ5

batty_professor · 04-24-2005, 05:31 PM

Mandrake 9.2 is still available for download, and might run on that machine. though I would suggest expanding the ram to at least 32 megs. Those old ram sticks are cheap and plentiful.

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Michelangelo HTML, CSS, and JS Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Northern NY Posts: 198 OS: HP (Vista HP64) / Tosh SatelliteM35X WinXP / Dell WinXP / Compaq Win98se / Packard Bell None(had 95)	Where do they sell Windows 95? I had Win95 on my Packard Bell and I foolishly reformatted without realizing that my disk wasn't what I thought it was. I have a disk that says "Microsoft Windows 95: Companion" and it doesn't seem to be the install disk, there is no setup.exe on it. If I am wrong and it is the install disk, please tell me what I need to know. If I'm right and it isn't the disk I need, please tell me where I can buy a Windows 95 OS.

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norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	you can also go here to look for 95. should be about 1/4 way down page. if you are lookign to learn about OS install. check out linux. fun fun. __________________

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Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	How old is this computer? If the specs are near 200MHz with a 3 gigabyte hard drive or larger, I would just find a copy of 98 and put that on there instead. These days, the only place you can find 95 or 98 is second hand. That means eBay, or a brick-and-mortar store that sells used software.

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Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Half.com is part of Ebay that does sales. Here is the address for Win 95 software sales. http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cg...5AMPmeta_idEQ5