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I am trying to install Windows 95 on my PC, but I keep getting a Windows Protection Error:
SPECS (For the older PC)
Pentium 4 2.4GHz
4 GB RAM

Nvidia GT 6800 GT

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If I don't get a response, I will try out Windows ME. It's a good OS also.

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but...why? you might be able to install it in a vm on a newer machine depending on what you want it to do

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2 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

If I don't get a response, I will try out Windows ME. It's a good OS also.

PC hardware might be too new?

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Right off the bat, that's way too much RAM for anything older than XP, good chance the hardware is impractically too modern. 

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Just now, tatte said:

Right off the bat, that's way too much RAM for anything older than XP, good chance the hardware is impractically too modern. 

It doesn't work even with 512 MB even, is there a CPU Gigahertz limit??

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Win95 won't run on that specs. Need something older and 4GB is overkill.

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6 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

I am trying to install Windows 95 on my PC, but I keep getting a Windows Protection Error:
SPECS (For the older PC)
Pentium 4 2.4GHz
4 GB RAM

Nvidia GT 6800 GT

There is a disk image you can boot in to fix this issue. I just can't remember where I got it on the internet.

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1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Win95 won't run on that specs. Need something older and 4GB is overkill.

I replaced with some 512MB DDR RAM
Still getting the error, 

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2 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

It doesn't work even with 512 MB even, is there a CPU Gigahertz limit??

Good chance the incompatibility goes deeper than simple clock speeds, a Pentium 4 is awfully far from 486 or other more native hardware for 95.

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Just now, tatte said:

Good chance the incompatibility goes deeper than simple clock speeds, a Pentium 4 is awfully far from 486 or other more native hardware for 95.

OK, I'll try it on a 80386 PC I have with 4MB RAM

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1 minute ago, tatte said:

Good chance the incompatibility goes deeper than simple clock speeds, a Pentium 4 is awfully far from 486 or other more native hardware for 95.

Also found out any PC 2.2 GHz or faster will crash NDIS load function in 95..

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1 minute ago, Greenlink74 said:

OK, I'll try it on a 80386 PC I have with 4MB RAM

That will be kind of slow. Need at least a Pentium w/MMX or better off a Penitum II or !!!

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this is the best I could find on how to do it, but everything says expect little to nothing since there will be no driver support for your hardware. Everything suggests you either invent a time machine to get working hardware from back then, sell your soul for hardware, or raid a traffic control junction box because seriously that's pretty much the only place to find those old components

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10 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

It doesn't work even with 512 MB even, is there a CPU Gigahertz limit??

The machine I have that runs windows 98 really well has a 240 MHZ pentium with 64 MB of ram.\

Now, of course that is 98 not 95, so spec requirements might be different for 95.

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23 hours ago, Greenlink74 said:

I will try out Windows ME. It's a good OS also.

No, no it isn't.

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2 hours ago, Greenlink74 said:

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As in protecting you from old software ... lol

 

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Why would you be trying to run Win95 on something that new? That CPU is too fast for Windows to boot, and that's WAY too much RAM. If you want help with vintage computers, check out the link below. I'm not affiliated with them (although I am a long-time member) but they are nice and could easily help you. You get folks more interested in older computer stuff over there. 

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