Installing Windows 95 in VirtualBox

[Win7User512]

When I had 95, it was an OEM. Days like these I'd like to have a copy of 95 to virtualize...

 

[swarfega]

This is where its getting stuck:

 

[Orbital Shark]

Do you get any HD (virtual) activity? I've just installed again and it went straight through, although it 'stopped responding' on the final reboot

What hardware are you using? It could be that Windows 95 doesn't get on with something.

 

[swarfega]

This is how its currently setup:

 

[Orbital Shark]

Try changing the OS type to Windows 95, i made a mistake before (although it still installed) and the Windows 95 OS setting worked too. Also, I have increased my memory to 128MB just for some give

 

[swarfega]

Did you get the screen during install where it asks about network and sound? Did you tick those?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Yeah, but i had the sound set up as Soundblaster 16 not ICH AC97.

 

[swarfega]

Yeah Ive just changed mine to 16. But its still hanging.

 

[johngalt]

Windows 95 is known to run but there has been limited testing on it, according to VirtualBox Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems - Virtuatopia

 

[swarfega]

I shall keep plugging away at it

 

[johngalt]

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]

Trouble is, you dont get a choice of installers.

 

[Orbital Shark]

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

 

[Win7User512]

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]

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]

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

 

[swarfega]

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]

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]

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]

Check bios to see if it needs enabling.