Installing Windows 95 with Other Operating Systems

This table shows which installation options are available for all operating systems that you can either upgrade Windows 95 over or dual boot with.

 

Operating System	Upgrade to Windows 95?	Dual Boot?
Windows 3.1	Yes	Yes.Install to a different directory with MS-DOS 5.0 or greater.
Windows for Workgroups	Yes	Yes. Install to a different directory with MS-DOS 5.0 or greater.
Windows NT	No	Yes with MS-DOS. Install Windows 95 to a different directory.
Windows 3.0	Yes - from MS-DOS	Yes
MS-DOS 5.0 or later	Yes - If Windows is installed, install from there.	Yes
DR DOS	Yes	No
OS/2	Yes - from MS-DOS	Yes
PC-DOS	Yes	Yes (with PC-DOS versions 5.x or 6.x)

Side Note: Windows 95 dual booted with Windows NT 4.0 results in a potentially unstable situation. This is not recommended until Microsoft develops a patch for this problem combination.

Date last updated: 12/04/04