Click: How to Install Windows 95

This updated guide examines Click: How to Install Windows 95 and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Part 1of 4:

Preparing for installation

1. Insert the Windows 95 installation disk.
2. Boot up your computer.

Part 2of 4:

Installation

1. Wait for the screen message to appear. When this screen appears, press?Enter.
2. Configure. If you haven't already allocated a partition to your hard drive, make sure 'Configure unallocated disk space' is highlighted and?Enter.
3. Select whether you would like large disk support.
   • This is a matter of personal preference but 'Yes' was chosen in this tutorial.
   • This message may not come up if your hard drive is smaller than 512mb.
4. Ensure the Windows 95 Boot Disk is in Drive A and press?Enter.
5. Press?Enterto continue with the installation.
6. ClickContinueto continue with the installation.
7. Accept the license agreement.
   • It's a good idea to read the agreement so you know what you're agreeing to.
8. ClickNext
9. Select where on your hard drive you want Windows 95 to install and clickNext >.
   • Normally it is best to choose where Windows recommends.
10. Select what kind of setup you would like and clickNext >
    • For this tutorial, 'Typical' was chosen.
11. Type in your product key and clickNext >
    • The product key should have come with your Windows 95 setup disks.
12. Type in your name and clickNext >.
    • It's not essential to put a company in
13. If you have any of the hardware, click the check boxes which relate to your hardware and clickNext >.
    • For this tutorial, none of the check boxes were selected.
14. Choose whether you want to install the most common components for Windows or to choose the components yourself and clickNext >
    • For this tutorial, 'Install the most common components' was selected.
15. Choose whether you want to create a startup disk or not and clickNext >
    • The startup disk is a disk which can be inserted into your computer should Windows fail to boot and can then repair or reinstall Windows.
    • For this tutorial 'No' was selected.
16. ClickNext
17. Remove any disks from their drives e.g. floppy disks as well as the installation disk and clickFinish
18. If you get confronted with this error, please see Method 4 ' Fixing "Windows protection error"'
19. ClickOK
20. Type in a Computer name and a Workgroup and clickClose
    • Computer description is not required.
21. Reinsert the Windows 95 installation disk and clickOK
22. Ensure your date and time settings are correct and then clickClose.
23. Decide whether you want to install a printer.
    • If so clickNext >otherwise chooseCancel(Cancelwas chosen in this tutorial).
24. Remove any disks in your computer and clickOKto restart your computer.
25. The Windows 95 installation is complete. Enjoy.

Part 3of 4:

Shutting down

1. ClickStart.
2. ClickShutdown
3. Ensure the 'Shut down the computer? ' option is checked and then clickYes.

Part 4of 4:

Fixing "Windows protection error"

1. Firstly, got tohttp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/141402-windows-95-21ghz-cpu-limit-broken/
2. Scroll down until you see FIX95CPU_V3_FINAL. ZIP and click this hyperlink to begin the download.
3. Click the little arrow next to FIX95CPU_V3_FINAL. ZIP as shown in the picture and clickShow in folder.
4. Right click the folder, and extract using the default Windows service by clickExtract All...to a destination of your choosing.
   • You can also use a 3rd party program such as 7-Zip.
5. Read the readme.
   • This is so you can decide which file you need to use:
   • FIX95CPU. ISO and FIX95CPU. IMA is for use in a virtual machine
   • FIX95CPU. ISO can be used to burn to a CD
   • FIX95CPU. EXE is for writing to a floppy disk
6. Make sure the file you want to use is in the appropriate format (e.g. a CD), insert it into your computer and boot the computer and press any key to continue when confronted with the message shown in the picture.
7. Decide whether you want to read the readme by pressYfor Yes orNfor No.
   • No was selected here as the readme is exactly the same as the one in the zip folder.
8. When confronted with this message, press any key to continue.
   • This will begin to fix the processor issues.
9. Press any key to restart the computer and remove the 'CD' from the computer.
   • If you don't remove the 'CD', it will begin an endless loop into this setup screen.