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Will windows 95 run on a ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS V-180 Laptop? And anouther thing the laptop does not have a cd rom drive BUT it HAS floppy drive.
And if it will can i have it with windows 3.11 for workgroups on the laptop aswell (i use this computer for school)
This computer has a 85Mb hard drive it has a 486 CPU 4 Mb Of Memory.
Thanks
Martyn.S
win 95 needs at least 16 meg of ram. win95 needs at least 70 meg of hdd space to install. you won't have any space left for programs. win 3.1 will just make it on the hdd. the windows swap file will need some of the hdd space to work.
i would look on ebay, or somewhere for a little better laptop. you'll be happier
kj
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This Laptop would be great for MS-DOS 6.22 & Windows(or Workgroups)3.11 with say Word for Windows 2.0 for WP work.
Not really up to Windows 95 standards im sorry to say.
Try Calmira (www.calmira.de) to give it a 95 look!
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"win 95 needs at least 16 meg of ram."
No, my Zeos laptop w/ 4mb ram is, right now, running 95. Very sluggish, but it runs. (This is Win 95a)
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I have a 486dx 33mhz with 4 mb ram and 180mb harddisk. It runs windows95a pretty long loadtime on startup but it works fine. even hard-ass apps like word97 and excel97 and iam also connected to the internet.
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I recommend you read the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=138349. It clearly states that you need:
- A 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
- 4 MB of memory (8 MB recommended)
- A standard 3.5-inch floppy disk driveIt also says: you need about 35-40 MB of hard disk space to upgrade to Windows 95 or about 50-55 MB to install Windows 95 on a clean system.
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups requires:
- MS-DOS 3.3 or higher (5.0 or higher recommended)
- 2 MB of memory
- 6 megabytes hard disk space (10 megabytes recommended)First, you would need to format your hard disk and install MS-DOS 5.0 or higher. Tell the Setup program to install the bare minimum. This will take up (I imagine) no more than 5 MB of hard disk space. Now you can install Windows 3.11 for Workgroups in to a new directory: C:\WINDOWS. Choose to install the bare minimum of optional components. Finally, after rebooting, you can install Windows 95 without any optional extras. Total hard disk space used: 5 + 10 + 55 = 70 MB. This leaves you with about 5 MB to keep your personal files.
Due to the very small amount of space left over on your computer, I recommend something else. I suggest that you should format your hard drive and do a clean install of Windows 95, carefully choosing which optional components you would like to install. Now you have quite a bit of room left over (about 20MB) for your own files, and for Windows 95 to "breathe" in.
Plus, you can still access the familiar Windows 3.1x Program Manager too! Just click Start, Run and type "progman" and hit Enter. Or, just buy a bigger hard disk drive for you laptop. Even better: buy a better laptop!
I hope (some of) this helps!
James
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At slashdot.org i saw some article where someone stripped windows 95 down to only 4 meg!!!
Depends what you need really!
Similarly do a search for "98lite" on google, and you'll find a program which lets you install as little as you like of windows 95.
Is it really worth it? What can a laptop like that actually do?
I'd rather use pen & paper! lolChris
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upgrade upgrade upgrade!!! trust me a computer like that will give you nothing but a hard time, you'll a computer with atleast 200mb or more and atleast a 33mhz proccessor and 16 mb of ram anything less then this would make you pull your hair out! they say that win95 can run on slower systems but lets be realistic yes it could but it would be slow not to mention the word proccessors and other type of apps that you'd need for school (power point, word, etc...) i have a 486sx @ 33mhz with 20 mb of ram a 214mb (supposed to be 1gb) hard drive and windows 95a it runs good, and beleive it or not alot faster then my old win 3.1 and dos install, now thats what i think and i know there are people that will say other wise and maybe their right too but i'm being practical here, with that computer you have i'd install dos 4 or 5 and win 3.1 then i'd get a word processor (i had works 3.0 [i think] on my old 3.1 install) and maybe power piont (i had power piont 3.0 on my old 3.1 install) and all of this would run fine on 80mb and 4 mb of ram so good luck with this (you'll need it)
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Thanks Kev....really i dount need power point but i have a black and white screen. anyway i heard there is a type of windows 95 thats it lite for an old system that will work on the specks of my laptop....(i am useing this laptop because it is all i can aford) windows 3.11 for workgroups it so old it is starting to do my head in lol. but really i will have to cope with iti paid £14.99 on e-bay.co.uk for it and really i dount think it is worth upgradeing. And i can't get hold of a work prosessor only the one on the windows 3.11 but it does not have a spell checker. any does anyone in the uk know where i can geta a better laptop but not more then £25.00
Thanks
Martyn.S
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my mum tried installing windows 95 (from a cd she coppied the files on to floppies)about 29-35 floppies before we tried to install windows 3.11 it gets past scandisk then it says no enough memory this it just plain widnows 95 i have a 85mb hdd and i have 4 mb memory (this is with the exstended mem) will 95.a,b,c work under this specks?
Thanks
Martyn.S
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windows 95 needs a MINIMUM of 4 MB's ram...as stated above, more is better...but it will load
DOS 6 and Win3.1 are a better idea, imo...but you can go either way
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Log onto www.calmira.de and see what 3.1 can look like!
There is still life in DOS & Windows 3.1
Its taken 10 more posts to tell you. You are better of sticking with Win3x untill you can afford a better laptop.
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I had a 386/25mhz 590mb hard drive 4mb ram and I ran windows 95 and Novell Word Perfect 6.1 on it. Also had a Lexmark 1000 color inkjet printer running off it.
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ok terri,
I have tried b4 to load windows 95 from floppies we copied the cd to them we got it to run setup ok it got to scandisk then it finished that and it says not enouh memory is there anyway i can get past this? i have 4 mb of mem with the exstened stuff does that still count?
Thanks
Martyn.S
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