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Can windows 95 installs be shared between computers?

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First post, by bluejeans

Posted on 2017-05-04, 20:26

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I'm running an ide to sd card adapter and I'm running out of sd cards that will actually work in it, seems to demand both sandisk cards and microsd adapters. I accidentally started windows on system B, when it was installed and configured for system B. It seemed to work alright apart from having to load some drivers on startup - I think even the onboard video is identical. Will I run into problems by "sharing" the install like this?

Reply 1 of 2, by Azarien

Posted on 2017-05-04, 20:41

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I suggest creating separate "hardware profiles" for both systems:

https://expertreplies.com/how-to-create-hardw … windows-nt-4-0/

This way you'll avoid constant reinstallation of every device on boot.

Reply 2 of 2, by Tetrium

Posted on 2017-05-04, 21:55

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To me, it worked fine most of the times for testing purposes, provided it was a 9x install. I used to do this regularly back when people were tossing out old rigs like it was trash (mostly to check if the harddrive was still functioning).
For my own rigs, I prefer a new install on each separate rig, even though it is more time consuming.

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