i have a dual boot with msdos7.10 (wengier) and windows xp. i have wfw 3.11 in the msdos partition since my hardware is not 100% upto what is required for xp it is somewhat slow.also i rarely use many of the advanced features available in it. so i use wfw ,which is much faster, for my wordprocessing and other day to day tasks. but with a winmodem i am compelled to use xp to connect to the internet though i am not interested in win95, i tried to install it (win95 original which comes in 13 floppies) in the msdos partition because my modem has drivers that work with win95 but the setup gives an error message saying that there is an operating system installed that cannot be upgraded with this version of win95 i know this might be because msdos 7.10 is hacked from win 98. any suggestions how to get around this situation ? i do not wish to install any version of windows above win 95 original ( don't want to clutter my harddisk with stuff i may never use )

You have posted this and similar already and been given advice: http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/167527.html http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/167511.html Ditch MS-DOS/W3/W95 and install just W98SE Full Version, you have no older compatible hardware: http://www.ctyme.com/msdos7.htm Weinger DOS is a BOOTLEGGED version and is PIRATED SOFTWARE: http://www.computing.net/forums/rules.html "If you forgot a piece of information when you posted your question, post a reply on your original thread. Do not post a whole new thread containing the additional information. These threads with additional information will be removed, hence damaging your ability to receive help." "Do not post any questions or answers that infringe on another party's intellectual property. This includes questions asking where to obtain or how to use "warez," "cracks," or anything like that. It also includes posts related to circumventing time limits in shareware software and illegally obtaining software "key codes." Remember, most abandonware is a myth. Copyrights on software last far longer than five years."

I'm with you on not cluttering up. But since the main motivation for this install is the winmodem, keep on mind that the DUN in early 9x was very buggy. If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Sure, the version of Win95 that came on floppies actually precedes the 'A' version and is pretty bare bones - nevertheless, upgrading the DUN is not the issue at the moment. I suppose the question might be, how is the machine being started in order to run Win95 setup? It needs to be installed on drive C: - which might vary, depending on boot choices and partitioning schemes etc. If I had this much trouble installing Windows, I would have likely taken up golf instead "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."

in reply to jboy i tried starting the machine with all the methods given below with the smae result 1. booting msdos from the harddisk 2. booting with a floppy with the same version 3. booting with s windows 95 startup floppy (version a )

to plainandsimple if wengiers is pirated software why do i find so many references and links to it in computing.net