Today is a great day for all Windows 95 fans like us! The first time I used it was back in 1999 on an actual desktop PC. It was originally my dad's, but it soon became mine. It became my first computer operating system. I have lots of fond memories of it! Then, in 2002, my dad replaced it with an HP Pavilion desktop PC with Windows XP Home Edition on it, which I also have fond memories of. As a result, I would never use Windows 95 again until I started using it in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 on an HP Pavilion p6230f PC with Windows 7 Home Premium on it in 2010, a late 2000s desktop computer I received for Christmas back in 2009. I wish I could have kept my Windows 95 PC because Windows 95 was a fantastic OS from the mid 1990s. So, I will have to get another one at some point in the future by purchasing one on eBay. Wonderful celebration video!
Although Windows 95 and 98 were an improvement, I still had many problems with software and registry issues, especially when the Blue Screen of Death occurred.
Very enjoyable video! As a kid, I used to spend my weekends installing and reinstalling different operating systems, exploring what made each one unique. This type of content is great fun to watch!
Very good video with all the detail of failures of failures that can happen. Thank you for that plus your methodology of how you decided to get through the failures. Very good, Thank You for the detail! Would you be available for hire to look at my system?
Ah yes, Windows 95. While not my first version of Windows, it is still one of if not the most influential version of Windows to date. Happy Birthday 95!
One correction. VFAT means Virtual File Allocation table. This is what allows Windows 95 to use Long file names. because Win 95 is still built on dos the file names are still limited to 8.3 characters. VFAT Allows a user to create a longer file name in windows while still creating a 8.3 character file name for the dos so the OS can still function. The VFAT error happened because you tried to load windows from a dos boot disk by typing "win". You can only load windows 95 from DOS when you are booted into the DOS on the HDD that Windows Installs. When you launch Win 95, 98 & ME from a dos boot disk that isn't its own dos, It doesn't load the VFAT services required to run windows so the system halts the boot process. The VFAT services are only loaded when booting windows from the HDD. Hope this answered your question to why you got this error!!! Happy 25th Birthday Windows 95!!!!!
Hey Michael, I just retired a Compaq 486 (Used as a controller for our HVAC) at the school I work for, it had a non matching Packard Bell Model M Clone (PS2) I feel like it might be the exact keyboard your Packard Bell came with, do you have any interest in it? It is old yellow and dusty but is functional.
I remember buying both Windows 95 and NT4 with educational discount and trying them both - it was a huge discount. I much preferred NT4 after a short while using them both and pretty much stuck with it until Windows 2000 apart from one machine for the games that just refused to run on NT. Either way though coming from Windows 3.1 it was a huge leap forward for most people in terms of usability, I think most computer nerds back then were familiar enough with messing with DOS and Windows to not really need usability improvements but Windows 95 did make using a PC a whole lot easier for noobs, even if it did have its own problems.
i just came for the computer clans video and i didn't even realize that it's birthday was today, besides xp, this was one of the most innovative versions of windows ever
I love your channel. You made me learn so many things that will be usefull to me in the future! Right now im not an adult, but when i grow up i will still watch your channel, its so cool. thank you so much for everything you did, im very gratefull! Please, continue making these videos! We really like them! Please ;-; Happy birthday, Windows 95! (obs: my mom helped me write that,but thanks michael! You're so cool!)
Hope you see this, do you have any knowledge or interest in HP's Personal Page UI? It's a shell replacement similar to the Packard bell offering shown here
When 98 first came out, I refused to get it for my K6-2 350. But, it would have run better due to the infamous timing bug in 95. Anything running at 350MHz and faster would give you a Windows Protection error. Microsoft and/or AMD would very quickly put out a patch for this bug.
I just realized that I was not suscribed to your channel. Great videos, I really enjoy watching them. I´m 23 and I can recall of using Windows 95 in my DELL pentium 2 computer when I was 5 or 6, such nostalgia
I saw something that was installed on the Packard Bell that I was wondering if it were at least similar to the IBM Aptiva that I had which also shipped with Windows 95. The Voiceview program. The voice operated program on my Aptiva allowed me to operate the entire computer (while Windows was running). This included opening and closing windows, Internet Explorer navigation, and typing in a word processor program. I'd like to see that...
It's been 2 years since it's been uploaded, so it's now 27!!! EDIT: 3 years? Already? Windows 95 is now 28! EDIT 2: 4 YEARS?! WOW!!! WINDOWS 95 IS 29!!!! YAAAAAY!!!!!
My first Personal Computer was a low profile non-HP Compaq (unknown model), with Windows 95. With that blue keyboard wallpaper as my background. That was some time around 1996-2000. For this computer, instead install OEM Windows 95 latest, all drivers, all possible updates. Then create 'drive clone' to write to CD (split up if possible). Unsure which softwares allow you such function. Optionally create alternate version with some of your recommended software (for yourself or others). And you could upload both online. Also, I recently got a 5$ Desktop with Celeron 420 LGA775 1-Core, 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HDD. Will try to upgrade to maximum (still checking specifications), and try something lightweight and modern for the operating system.
I restored so many old computers and one thing I learned was almost all the mfg systems had some kind weird cd drm if you had the wrong cd it wouldn't work even hardware drm not the right cd drive too bad not gonna see it and stop code was written to look for these kinds of things so if you want the real experience of that machine you got find that restore cd
Omg. That rodent revenge game. I used to play that like 14 years ago, I enjoyed it lot and I have been trying to find that game soooo long. Cant believe it. Thx for this 😁
A couple years late, but for anyone else viewing this who is trying to install the contents of a Packard Bell disc, there is also a way to unpack Packard Bell-specific files after installing a clean copy of Windows 95/98. First, on the root of the CD, there should be a folder called "APPS." Contained within are a bunch of GTS and GTZ files. If you open the GTS files with Notepad, you can see what programs and other contents will be installed. Elsewhere on the Master CD, there ought to be a program called "Gtinst.exe." Just find the WINDOWS\OPTIONS directory, and it will be in there. (e.g. D:\BU\D\Win95.Dat\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\GTS\GTINST.EXE) Using "Run" from the start menu, or within a command prompt window, run Gtinst.exe and follow it with the location and name of the GTS file and the INSTALL command. Example: gtinst.exe D:\APPS\177.gts install
I took a Computer Desktop support course in ‘06 at the less than bright age of 50. Learned Dos, Win95,Win98, Server2003 Services, WinXP/PRO....Vista was just on the horizon, but the teachers didn’t want to go there, they were instructing us noobs in XPPro for office work. BUT I loved working with 98 and XP. So simple and easy to use, even with the extended lessons for ALL the permissions added with Pro. Even liked Vista, even Win7 wasn’t bad. But nnnnoooooo, Microsoft wasn’t satisfied with 90% of the market. Let’s screw around with a Billion people and develop ridiculous OS’s with bugs, backdoors for hackers, buggy updates, BSOD, Error codes, etc. Next Computer is Apple.
How about a LAN with the 95 and 98 PC, just to show how it was done in that time, like NetBIOS and stuff? Maybe a 10BASE2 network. Or add the Dell laptop and install Windows NT Server there.
I have the original CDs from this Computer. With the Master CD and Packard Bell Navigator. That is inly was is left from my PC in my PC was a Radio Card :) that works in tha Navigator, and a lot of Software Programms :)
Your windows 98 setup was in FAT32 and the version of 95 your trying to restore can't use FAT32. DOS 6.22 reset it back to FAT or which is also known as FAT16 when FAT32 came out.
This is not atypical of having the wrong restore disk for the particular model. I noticed a BAT file called PIPOST.bat @ 09:51. What was the content of that BAT file? It seemed conspicious to me. Putting REM before the if exist hwcheck line too would have been interesting.
So, here is a nice story. A few months ago my dad’s friend gave me his old gateway 2000 win95 laptop that he still had. I booted it up and it worked. But one day, it told me it’s hard drive failed. i was devastated, and i tried to make a win95 boot disk so I could still use it. It didnt work. Then i bought a boot disk, and when it came it, it didn’t work. But the other day a miracle happened. I put the disk in, booted it up, the error came up, and i removed the disk, and pressed a key to continue. And guess what? IT BOOTED INTO WINDOWS! Everything was still there, and the error stopped popping up! And using the technique I discovered, i can happily still use the computer. i was and still am very happy. It’s slow, it’s hard drive groans, the battery is dead, part of it is held on with tape, but i smile every time it starts up, it’s mine, and i love it 🙂 Edit: i forgot to mention the other story i have with it. The first night i got it, it suddenly stopped. Apparently the cord had died, so i had to buy a replacement cord. But I couldn’t find one anywhere for the life of me. my friend who lives in a different region (so different listings for Ebay) was finally able to find one, and bought it for me. I was very happy.
I did phone tech support for an outsourcer for Microsoft. Win 95 is among the products I supported. Trust me...Packard Hells were flaming pieces of shit. There's an excellent reason why they're not around anymore. They should have never been around in the first place.
Using one quarter of the disk for a 25 year anniversary of Windows 95 - one quarter is equal to 25%. 25 percent of hard disk space for a 25 year old operating system. Nice.
Windows 95 and 98 are identical in the taskbar But In Terms Of the Start button 95 has a instant animation But 98 Has a Silde out animation And Explorer is different 95 has like everything is like on the side But In 98 Everything Feels Like floaty
Windows 95,98 was full of great features and the software created for it was revolutionary eg games and other multimedia apps, but I sure do not miss those BSOD's. I it was sometimes like you could just fart and it would blue screen. All down to it's poor memory management and running 16 bit apps and components in realmode leaving memory for 32 bit apps memory and components unprotected. If you used well written software it would work well most of the time ,but poorly written and beta software could literally kill it. I used to destroy our windows installation unwittingly with those free game demo's and apps you used to get with with computer magazines, never mind the poor anti virus protection of the day if you were lucky enough to have internet. It drove my parents crazy until I started fixing it myself. Nostalgic, but thank God I never have to deal with that again.
My guess is that the system number they ask for tells the installer which hardware profile the machine has so it knows which drivers to install. Are you sure that number is not on the system somewhere, maybe on the back next to the serial number? Apparently there is a BU folder on the restore CD, in there you can find out what "Format Numbers" are on there (55xxxxx.scr files) and you can try each one in turn to see if any work for that machine. It's what I'd do if I had one.
Now this time do a another anniversary for windows XP and try to install windows 3.1 on video tape or floppy disk and also install windows from floppy disks,that could be three fun videos
Hey do you think you could make a video about how to make a burned copy of the master cd and floppy step by step please. I'm trying to restore an old Packard bell. Do you think you could help me out?
Ironically, "Start Me Up" was playing on the radio this morning on the way to work.
I don't think it was ironic...
@@RWL2012 it's a joke matey
Michael: "25 minutes..."
Me: "No. 95 minutes..."
@ThaKos69 no. Get out sorta useless memer
@@gamingnubs7628 Your Gamer License Has Now Been Expired, Police Are Arriving To Take It Away For Making An Non-Gamer Move
@@AntonGaming-dc2ym whats so Non-Gaming about hating the 69 and 420 memes?
@@gamingnubs7628 No, It's About Calling Someone Useless
@@AntonGaming-dc2ym okay fine gonna change it
Today is a great day for all Windows 95 fans like us! The first time I used it was back in 1999 on an actual desktop PC. It was originally my dad's, but it soon became mine. It became my first computer operating system. I have lots of fond memories of it! Then, in 2002, my dad replaced it with an HP Pavilion desktop PC with Windows XP Home Edition on it, which I also have fond memories of. As a result, I would never use Windows 95 again until I started using it in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 on an HP Pavilion p6230f PC with Windows 7 Home Premium on it in 2010, a late 2000s desktop computer I received for Christmas back in 2009. I wish I could have kept my Windows 95 PC because Windows 95 was a fantastic OS from the mid 1990s. So, I will have to get another one at some point in the future by purchasing one on eBay. Wonderful celebration video!
My sister was born at 25 aug 1995 when Windows 95 released
I was born at 25 aug 1994 when the first Linux was released
A pair or Irish twins eh? I see your parents are people of culture.
Linux's first release date is September 17, 1991...
Awesome video, Michael!
And happy birthday, windows 95!
Me Too
Nostalgia... MALL ? lol
Windows 95 was such a great operating system! So many memories with it, as well as Windows 98.
true
Same As Win 7
They Have The Classic Theme And Many Other Themes! @Peter Andrijeczko
Although Windows 95 and 98 were an improvement, I still had many problems with software and registry issues, especially when the Blue Screen of Death occurred.
What about Windows XP
Packard Bell Navigator looks pretty interesting, a full video on that would be awesome!
Very enjoyable video! As a kid, I used to spend my weekends installing and reinstalling different operating systems, exploring what made each one unique. This type of content is great fun to watch!
Can’t wait for the videos on this thing, love the content bro
All of these issues with "Restore CD" is the reason I always clean install using the default Win95 install CD back in the day.
Upload the failed attempts on the extras channel.
Happy 25th Anniversary, Windows 95!
This is exactly what I remember from Windows™ 95, time consuming and useless.
Awesome video!
Any chance I could get a source for that Packard-Bell restore CD?
Fun but somewhat personal fact: My brother was born just 4 DAYS after Windows 95 was released :)
My Sister was born at the very same day :)
My cousin was born over 13 years after Windows 95's release.
i born at this date :))))))
I was born about 9 months later, on may of 1996.
@@morganrussman cool ur parents made u on that day then
Thx for the nostalgic review Michael, I enjoyed it very much and I'm looking forward to the Coreldraw 3.0 upcoming video
i’m getting some computer clan vibes from the title...
Matei Dobreanu i’m not, i’ve been subscribed to this channel longer than i have for computer clan, i’m just sayin.
Happy Anniversary Windows 95!
Was a legend time when Windows 95 came out. Though made my 486 DX2/80 grind to a halt.
Took an upgrade to a Pentium 200MMX to make it fly.
If the video was 25 minutes long I would be more than satisfied
Very good video with all the detail of failures of failures that can happen. Thank you for that plus your methodology of how you decided to get through the failures. Very good, Thank You for the detail! Would you be available for hire to look at my system?
Ah yes, Windows 95. While not my first version of Windows, it is still one of if not the most influential version of Windows to date. Happy Birthday 95!
One correction. VFAT means Virtual File Allocation table. This is what allows Windows 95 to use Long file names. because Win 95 is still built on dos the file names are still limited to 8.3 characters. VFAT Allows a user to create a longer file name in windows while still creating a 8.3 character file name for the dos so the OS can still function. The VFAT error happened because you tried to load windows from a dos boot disk by typing "win". You can only load windows 95 from DOS when you are booted into the DOS on the HDD that Windows Installs. When you launch Win 95, 98 & ME from a dos boot disk that isn't its own dos, It doesn't load the VFAT services required to run windows so the system halts the boot process. The VFAT services are only loaded when booting windows from the HDD. Hope this answered your question to why you got this error!!! Happy 25th Birthday Windows 95!!!!!
Tomorrow is my birthday, I was this close to be born on XP's release date.
*95 not xp
@@DarkBraveStuff woow
my birthday is tomorrow too 👁️👁️
happy birthday!
to being* born on
This was the first operating system I ever used, as a child in 2003
BirdoFan2002 I was a child, do you think I would care?
@BirdoFan2002 gatekeeping be like
When this video started I thought he would say "oldest anarchy server on Minecraft"
Uh... why?
Great Video And Also Happy Birthday Windows 95!
Hey Michael, I just retired a Compaq 486 (Used as a controller for our HVAC) at the school I work for, it had a non matching Packard Bell Model M Clone (PS2) I feel like it might be the exact keyboard your Packard Bell came with, do you have any interest in it? It is old yellow and dusty but is functional.
Good job! Try to find graphics and sound drivers!!!!
I just installed Win95 on a Virtual Machine and it's been great! It's quite fun!
I remember buying both Windows 95 and NT4 with educational discount and trying them both - it was a huge discount. I much preferred NT4 after a short while using them both and pretty much stuck with it until Windows 2000 apart from one machine for the games that just refused to run on NT.
Either way though coming from Windows 3.1 it was a huge leap forward for most people in terms of usability, I think most computer nerds back then were familiar enough with messing with DOS and Windows to not really need usability improvements but Windows 95 did make using a PC a whole lot easier for noobs, even if it did have its own problems.
This was my first pc but with a 133mhz cpu and 16 mb memory. Later upgraded with a 166mhz mmx cpu and 32mb memory. Good memories
This was the reality of using a PB back on the day. I have "fond" memories of these things sucking to work on.
i just came for the computer clans video and i didn't even realize that it's birthday was today, besides xp, this was one of the most innovative versions of windows ever
I love your channel. You made me learn so many things that will be usefull to me in the future! Right now im not an adult, but when i grow up i will still watch your channel, its so cool. thank you so much for everything you did, im very gratefull! Please, continue making these videos! We really like them! Please ;-;
Happy birthday, Windows 95!
(obs: my mom helped me write that,but thanks michael! You're so cool!)
23:09 Seems like the surf game (offline game) in MS edge was inspired by SkiFree
MS Edge has a built-in game?
@@cannedbeverage7687 edge://dino (only works for Edge Chromium)
@@mntri881 Oh, so it's their replacement for the dino game in Chrome.
Awesome! and Happy 25th Aniversary, Windows 95!
Hope you see this, do you have any knowledge or interest in HP's Personal Page UI? It's a shell replacement similar to the Packard bell offering shown here
Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer
I liked the video you do a very good job with these kind of videos I like it keep it up I hope you get to 100k subs by the end of the year
i can barely install 95 on a vm nevermind actual hardware
Happy birthday windows 95
When 98 first came out, I refused to get it for my K6-2 350. But, it would have run better due to the infamous timing bug in 95. Anything running at 350MHz and faster would give you a Windows Protection error.
Microsoft and/or AMD would very quickly put out a patch for this bug.
CNN News Salem Saberhagen yep. It’s a very annoying bug. Even safe mode was hard to get into.
u just need 9000 more subs until 100000! :D
I just realized that I was not suscribed to your channel. Great videos, I really enjoy watching them.
I´m 23 and I can recall of using Windows 95 in my DELL pentium 2 computer when I was 5 or 6, such nostalgia
Who is going to install Windows 95 today
2 point 5 days
no, 9 point 5 days
Thanks so much I love window 95 awesome yes we would like see that you have in store for as have a blessed day
Happy windows 95 anniversary
I saw something that was installed on the Packard Bell that I was wondering if it were at least similar to the IBM Aptiva that I had which also shipped with Windows 95. The Voiceview program. The voice operated program on my Aptiva allowed me to operate the entire computer (while Windows was running). This included opening and closing windows, Internet Explorer navigation, and typing in a word processor program. I'd like to see that...
It's been 2 years since it's been uploaded, so it's now 27!!!
EDIT: 3 years? Already? Windows 95 is now 28!
EDIT 2: 4 YEARS?! WOW!!! WINDOWS 95 IS 29!!!! YAAAAAY!!!!!
20:44 same like microsoft bob
My first Personal Computer was a low profile non-HP Compaq (unknown model), with Windows 95. With that blue keyboard wallpaper as my background. That was some time around 1996-2000.
For this computer, instead install OEM Windows 95 latest, all drivers, all possible updates. Then create 'drive clone' to write to CD (split up if possible). Unsure which softwares allow you such function. Optionally create alternate version with some of your recommended software (for yourself or others). And you could upload both online.
Also, I recently got a 5$ Desktop with Celeron 420 LGA775 1-Core, 1.5GB RAM, 80GB HDD. Will try to upgrade to maximum (still checking specifications), and try something lightweight and modern for the operating system.
I wasn’t around in 95 area but I love using this os (I am in to old tech) it’s so cool using old version of Windows! Happy B-Day 95!
While I wasn't born in 1995, I was born about 9 months later, of when windows 95 was released, may of 1996.
It pretty much sucked in comparison to AmigaOS and OS/2.
I restored so many old computers and one thing I learned was almost all the mfg systems had some kind weird cd drm if you had the wrong cd it wouldn't work even hardware drm not the right cd drive too bad not gonna see it and stop code was written to look for these kinds of things so if you want the real experience of that machine you got find that restore cd
Omg. That rodent revenge game. I used to play that like 14 years ago, I enjoyed it lot and I have been trying to find that game soooo long. Cant believe it. Thx for this 😁
5:07 he was about to say the funny number, close enough i guess
Lovely! Do some videos about the Encarta series
This also marks the 24th Anniversary of Windows NT 4.0 which was sold on stores on August 24, 1996 the same year of Windows 95 OSR2
XP was my first OS, but my first ever school (circa 2007) had computers running Windows 95, which I used to attend Word typing lessons.
Nice. Although you could just edit the Autoexec.bat file & remove the command line for the video driver. Anyways, great video.
Love Your Content! Stay Connected Bro!
Great video Michael! I love you way you edit your videos! Love you
100k sub special when?
Happy 25th birthday to the first OS I've ever used!
A couple years late, but for anyone else viewing this who is trying to install the contents of a Packard Bell disc, there is also a way to unpack Packard Bell-specific files after installing a clean copy of Windows 95/98.
First, on the root of the CD, there should be a folder called "APPS." Contained within are a bunch of GTS and GTZ files. If you open the GTS files with Notepad, you can see what programs and other contents will be installed.
Elsewhere on the Master CD, there ought to be a program called "Gtinst.exe." Just find the WINDOWS\OPTIONS directory, and it will be in there. (e.g. D:\BU\D\Win95.Dat\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\GTS\GTINST.EXE)
Using "Run" from the start menu, or within a command prompt window, run Gtinst.exe and follow it with the location and name of the GTS file and the INSTALL command.
Example:
gtinst.exe D:\APPS\177.gts install
Try intsaling windows xp on the $5 pakardbell
I took a Computer Desktop support course in ‘06 at the less than bright age of 50. Learned Dos, Win95,Win98, Server2003 Services, WinXP/PRO....Vista was just on the horizon, but the teachers didn’t want to go there, they were instructing us noobs in XPPro for office work. BUT I loved working with 98 and XP. So simple and easy to use, even with the extended lessons for ALL the permissions added with Pro. Even liked Vista, even Win7 wasn’t bad. But nnnnoooooo, Microsoft wasn’t satisfied with 90% of the market. Let’s screw around with a Billion people and develop ridiculous OS’s with bugs, backdoors for hackers, buggy updates, BSOD, Error codes, etc. Next Computer is Apple.
It's my birthday :)
Happy birthday, Windows 95!
@@laoo Thanks
How about a LAN with the 95 and 98 PC, just to show how it was done in that time, like NetBIOS and stuff? Maybe a 10BASE2 network. Or add the Dell laptop and install Windows NT Server there.
Wanna bet, it's because with most Windows 98 installs it used FAT32, and Windows 95 was FAT16.
You couldn't edit out 2 minutes and 38 seconds? Where is your dedication, Michael?! JK lol, great video, great OS!!
Upgrade from Windows 1.0 to Windows XP on this Computer please
I have the original CDs from this Computer. With the Master CD and Packard Bell Navigator. That is inly was is left from my PC in my PC was a Radio Card :) that works in tha Navigator, and a lot of Software Programms :)
Your windows 98 setup was in FAT32 and the version of 95 your trying to restore can't use FAT32. DOS 6.22 reset it back to FAT or which is also known as FAT16 when FAT32 came out.
This is not atypical of having the wrong restore disk for the particular model. I noticed a BAT file called PIPOST.bat @ 09:51. What was the content of that BAT file? It seemed conspicious to me. Putting REM before the if exist hwcheck line too would have been interesting.
Next video recommendation:-
Packard Bell Navigator on Windows 10
i will get it right if i keep trying 16795-oem-0001776-any 5 numbers
my mistake
So, here is a nice story. A few months ago my dad’s friend gave me his old gateway 2000 win95 laptop that he still had. I booted it up and it worked. But one day, it told me it’s hard drive failed. i was devastated, and i tried to make a win95 boot disk so I could still use it. It didnt work. Then i bought a boot disk, and when it came it, it didn’t work. But the other day a miracle happened. I put the disk in, booted it up, the error came up, and i removed the disk, and pressed a key to continue. And guess what? IT BOOTED INTO WINDOWS! Everything was still there, and the error stopped popping up! And using the technique I discovered, i can happily still use the computer. i was and still am very happy. It’s slow, it’s hard drive groans, the battery is dead, part of it is held on with tape, but i smile every time it starts up, it’s mine, and i love it 🙂
Edit: i forgot to mention the other story i have with it. The first night i got it, it suddenly stopped. Apparently the cord had died, so i had to buy a replacement cord. But I couldn’t find one anywhere for the life of me. my friend who lives in a different region (so different listings for Ebay) was finally able to find one, and bought it for me. I was very happy.
I did phone tech support for an outsourcer for Microsoft. Win 95 is among the products I supported. Trust me...Packard Hells were flaming pieces of shit. There's an excellent reason why they're not around anymore. They should have never been around in the first place.
Using one quarter of the disk for a 25 year anniversary of Windows 95 - one quarter is equal to 25%. 25 percent of hard disk space for a 25 year old operating system. Nice.
Windows 95 and 98 are identical in the taskbar But In Terms Of the Start button 95 has a instant animation But 98 Has a Silde out animation And Explorer is different 95 has like everything is like on the side But In 98 Everything Feels Like floaty
Windows 95,98 was full of great features and the software created for it was revolutionary eg games and other multimedia apps, but I sure do not miss those BSOD's. I it was sometimes like you could just fart and it would blue screen. All down to it's poor memory management and running 16 bit apps and components in realmode leaving memory for 32 bit apps memory and components unprotected. If you used well written software it would work well most of the time ,but poorly written and beta software could literally kill it. I used to destroy our windows installation unwittingly with those free game demo's and apps you used to get with with computer magazines, never mind the poor anti virus protection of the day if you were lucky enough to have internet. It drove my parents crazy until I started fixing it myself. Nostalgic, but thank God I never have to deal with that again.
As I recall the old PB master CD had a pass code of PKZZD.
More like Windows 2596, am I right?
...
yeah I got nothin'
That's exactly what my original Packard Bell looked like when I booted it up out of the box.
Funny, I tried to install win98 Se, and no success, trying install win95, and no problem in every old pc i rescue and restore. 😂
My guess is that the system number they ask for tells the installer which hardware profile the machine has so it knows which drivers to install. Are you sure that number is not on the system somewhere, maybe on the back next to the serial number?
Apparently there is a BU folder on the restore CD, in there you can find out what "Format Numbers" are on there (55xxxxx.scr files) and you can try each one in turn to see if any work for that machine. It's what I'd do if I had one.
Don’t forget that the very first copy of Windows 95 was sold to a New Zealander. 🇳🇿
Know look for Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11 computer only $5.00
You needed to FDisk as Fat16, Win98 usually = fat32.
bro's more willin' to give out a hard drive format number than some windows product keys
While the video length didn't end up matching the 25th, it's funny that the used disk space did :)
And now we laugh at 8GB flash drives being "useless"... yeesh.
Now this time do a another anniversary for windows XP and try to install windows 3.1 on video tape or floppy disk and also install windows from floppy disks,that could be three fun videos
Hey do you think you could make a video about how to make a burned copy of the master cd and floppy step by step please. I'm trying to restore an old Packard bell. Do you think you could help me out?
anyone notice the easter egg while looking at the windows 10 clip
Just under 36Mb needed to install an OS!!!! Many of us create single files bigger than that alone these days!
In celebration we should all downgrade our daily driver desktop to Windows 95 for one year.
I happen to have Windows 95 on floppies sealed! I can't use it because I don't have an old enough pc for it.