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Windows 95 offered, at long last, a well designed document-oriented desktop shell that worked much like the 1984 Macintosh Finder. It also included a new way of finding installed applications through a 'Start' menu. And it included the same networking abilities as Windows for Workgroups.
Extract the 'Windows95 OSR2Boot.7z' file and get the 'Boot.img' file. Install and open the VirtualBox app on your computer. Go to the File menu and select the 'Import Appliance' option. Select the file 'Windows95 OSR2.5VMEng.ova' which you have downloaded in the first step. Wait while VirtualBox is importing and creating a new virtual. DOSBox is useful for playing a variety of games without purchasing obsolete hardware. I've gotten Windows 95 installed on at least one hard disk image. However, using CDs requires copying files (using DiskExplorer) to a large image file. Few sites make large, blank.img files available, so there are a few in the Attachments section. These are the Windows 95 boot disk images available from AllBootDisks. Download the diskette image you need, and if you need assistance creating a bootable diskette from this image, visit the how-to page. Thanks to Ed Jablonowski from Bootdisk.com for creating these disks.
It integrated the ability to run 32-bit applications similar to Windows NT or Windows 3.1 with Win32s. It no longer ran on a separate DOS product. But Windows 95 was not a pure '32-bit' OS: It was still based around the framework of Windows 3.x, 2.x and 1.x. It still ran on top of DOS, but bundled its own special 'Windows 95' DOS (AKA MS-DOS 7). It could even still make use of DOS drivers. The 95 architecture was continued with Windows 98.
Most 95 CDs are NOT BOOTABLE. If a download does not include a boot floppy, please see Microsoft Windows Boot Disks
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If the listed serials below do not work for a specific release, please see the Serials thread
You may also override the install type (no serial needed) by creating a file name MSBATCH.INF with the lines '[Setup]', and then 'ProductType=1', placing that in the Win95 setup folder, and then running setup.
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Release notes
Windows 95 OSR2 ('B' version) added support for FAT32. It bundles IE 3, Personal Web Server, and MS-DOS '7.1'.
OSR2.1 is identical to OSR 2, but includes a seperate USB update installer, that adds the ability to use USB devices. Installing the downloadable USB update brings any OSR 2 system to the level of 2.1.
The OSR 2.x media was ONLY available from OEMs. It was not sold retail.
Installation instructions
Important: Windows 95 CDs are NOT bootable, and require an appropriate Windows 95 Boot Floppy. (A 98FE or 98SE disk will also work fine)
Installing Windows 95 On Dosbox
To speed up installation, and to avoid numerous problems, copy the win95 folder to a folder on the hard drive (such as c:win95) and then run setup from there.