Can Windows 95 be installed over XP?

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chris

Ive recently got my hands on a second hand computer
running Windows XP and want to install windows 95 to run
some old software. Does anyone know if this will be a
problem? I thought there may be a risk of a software
clash if Windows XP has already got its claws into the
system.

I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but it seems the
Hard Drive has been converted from Pal to NTSC...

Any help would be much appreciated
 
Chris;
Do you mean converted from FAT 32 to NTFS?
You can not run Windows 95/98/ME on NTFS, so the answer is no.
There are other reasons why this would not work as well.
Buy an old computer very cheap for your Windows 95 the old software.
 
-----Original Message-----
Ive recently got my hands on a second hand computer
running Windows XP and want to install windows 95 to run
some old software. Does anyone know if this will be a
problem? I thought there may be a risk of a software
clash if Windows XP has already got its claws into the
system.

I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but it seems the
Hard Drive has been converted from Pal to NTSC...

Any help would be much appreciated
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Hello
you can not just install 95 in the same drive as XP
you can only upgrade not downgrade
but you can use a startup disk run the fdisk and delete
the partitions and start all over and run the startup
disk and format C: and then you can install the 95 CD
there are several different options you can do if you
have the XP CD's
Dual Boot System
2 different Hardrives
exc,ect
Hope this is helpful
Jim
 
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