![]() Let's continue! Many of you may find that your Windows 95 startup files AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS are rather barren compared to your earlier DOS versions. To remove those attributes type:Īttrib +r +s +h msdos.sys So, now we are either booting up to a DOS 7.0 prompt automatically or by selecting it off the Boot Menu. When you see 'Loading Windows 95.' on the screen, hit the F8 key. Let's then go through the procedures step by step: In order to make your system boot up as I described above, you have to modify your Win95 MSDOS.SYS file and also your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. My hardware is a Pentium 133 with 16MB of RAM, a PAS16 sound card and an NEC 8X IDE CDROM. I run ATP with the 3DAGS enhancement, FS4, FS5.1 and Aces of the Pacific, Over Europe and most other DOS apps with this setup. My intent is to show you how to automate that process. I realize that by pressing the F8 key when you reboot and see 'Starting Windows 95.' will cause the boot menu to pop up and you can select your choice. ![]() I also still frequently use many DOS applications and utilities and do not want to automatically enter the Windows 95 Graphical User Interface (GUI) upon every bootup. I have found that if I run DOS applications like ATP and FS5 and the rest of my DOS apps from this bootup 'DOS 7.0' (That is what is under Windows 95) prompt I have better performance and less problems. ![]() My preferred method is to boot Windows 95 to a DOS prompt. From observing numerous recent FS5 and DOS user postings on the USENET newsgroups and .games.flight-sim, I would like to offer an alternate way of running FS5 and other DOS game programs with Windows 95. Pacific Grove, California, 1996-Updated April 1997. ![]() Note Remember that when dealing with any system files, be cautious of what is changed. In Windows 95 and Windows 98, you can boot into MS-DOS instead of Windows if you need to run MS-DOS for older programs and games. Windows 95 Floppy Boot Disk Image is the original Windows 95 boot disks for Windows 95 and 95B with IDE CDrom drivers included. ![]()
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