Windows 7 - Installing Windows 95 in VirtualBox

**johngalt** · 05-18-2009

Me too, now that I think about it. Since I have the 64bit version installed as well, I suppose that that might be the issue....

**swarfega** · 05-19-2009

Trouble is, you dont get a choice of installers.

**Orbital Shark** · 05-19-2009

I don't think you can even choose which BIT version to run. Although Win95 is less tha 32BIT

**Win7User512** · 05-19-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Orbital Shark

I don't think you can even choose which BIT version to run. Although Win95 is less tha 32BIT

Correct. VB automatically adjusts to either 32 or 64 when you begin install. The 32 and 64 bit versions used to be separate, but a few releases ago, VB became just one version.

Perhaps the 32 bit emulates Win 95?...

**TigerCX** · 10-04-2009

i installed win95 on virtualbox and now sound, video and network are working. Can somebody help me to configure the network to access to the internet ?

Need DNS and default gateway.

Thanks a lot

**mp23** · 10-19-2009

I tried installing Windows 95 but it freezes when setup.exe starts. I think I'll just install Windows NT 4.0 instead.

**swarfega** · 10-19-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by mp23

I tried installing Windows 95 but it freezes when setup.exe starts. I think I'll just install Windows NT 4.0 instead.

Make sure Windows 95 machine is highlighted then click on settings. In settings click on system on the left and then click on acceleration tab on the right. Disable VT-x/AMD-V.

Click on system on the left. In the processor tab untick enable pae/nx.

Make sure video memory is 8mb.

Make the hard drive 504mb

**swarfega** · 10-19-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by TigerCX

i installed win95 on virtualbox and now sound, video and network are working. Can somebody help me to configure the network to access to the internet ?

Need DNS and default gateway.

Thanks a lot

are you saying that your isp doesnt provide you with dns ips? If they do not then try OpenDNS.com.

**mp23** · 10-21-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by swarfega

Quote: Originally Posted by mp23

I tried installing Windows 95 but it freezes when setup.exe starts. I think I'll just install Windows NT 4.0 instead.

Make sure Windows 95 machine is highlighted then click on settings. In settings click on system on the left and then click on acceleration tab on the right. Disable VT-x/AMD-V.

Click on system on the left. In the processor tab untick enable pae/nx.

Make sure video memory is 8mb.

Make the hard drive 504mb

The VT-x/AMD-V option in VirtualBox can't be changed or somehow unavailable in the settings page. But when I look over the virtual machine summary, it displays that the feature is "Enabled".

**swarfega** · 10-21-2009

Check bios to see if it needs enabling.

Windows 7 - Installing Windows 95 in VirtualBox

Installing Windows 95 in VirtualBox problems?