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June 19th, 2006 17:00

Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows (Win95)

I just purchased a Latitude D520 and re-partitioned the hard drive so that I can load multiple operating systems (Windows 95 and Windows XP).  When I partitioned the drive I gave it a 2GB partition for Win95 and designated the rest of the drive for Win XP.
 
I have loaded Windows 95 (without any errors), but I keep getting an error during startup"
 
"Insufficient memory to initialize Windows.  Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unneccessary utilities from your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files, and restart your computer."
 
I did a search on the Microsoft KB and sound several articles dealing with this problem.  Most said to limit the size of RAM available for the operating system to use, so I added a line in the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file limiting RAM starting with 768 MB (MaxPhysPage=30000) and worked my way down to 128 MB (MaxPhysPage=08000).  None of these setting worked and I kept on getting the same error message.
 
Another Microsoft KB article said to add a line in the [VCache] section limiting the Cache size.  I tried this as well with the following lines:
 
[VCache]
MinFileCache=10240
MaxFileCache=30720
 
This also did nothing for me.  Can anyone give me some advice as to what is preventing Windows 95 from starting up?
 
Thanks in advance
 

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July 5th, 2006 06:00

Besides the problem with the memory, which is an issue with win 95, your hardware is probably too modern that the OS can't run on it. To be honest i doubt its possible to get win 95 to work properly. The oldest you're probably be successful with is win 98.

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August 1st, 2006 17:00

Does Win 98 still have a true DOS promp?  The only reason I want to run win 95 is so I can run an old DOS based PLC program and I need a True DOS to run it in.

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August 1st, 2006 17:00

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August 18th, 2006 19:00

Yes use virtual PC! It's free and comes with all the drivers!

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