# Trying to get Windows 95 on this PC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991 "2006-08-09T12:04:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991/1 "2006-08-09T12:04:55Z")

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I got an old PC from work, it ran Windows 98 but the hard drive was wiped (by me) with Autoclave. There’s ample room and speed for Windows 95 which I have on disk here in the house, but I don’t have a boot disk for it. Is there any way to make one from scratch? I tried using the old DSP Boot Disk from my 486, but it doesn’t seem to want to work. Is there any other option?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991/2 "2006-08-09T12:17:46Z")

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I’ve got a sealed copy of Windows 98 SE here, complete with License key which you can have; email me your address and I’ll post it to you, together with a boot floppy (which you may not need, if your machine can boot from CDs).

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991/3 "2006-08-09T12:19:38Z")

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(alternatively, if you just want a boot disk, you can download a variety of them at [http://www.bootdisk.com/](http://www.bootdisk.com/))

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991/4 "2006-08-09T12:40:24Z")

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Just emailed you (from my Gmail account), thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-windows-95-on-this-pc/367991/5 "2006-08-09T13:11:48Z")

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Cheers. It’s in the post.