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Problem on Windows 95 2.5 with compact card format

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First post, by Piemur44

Posted on 2025-04-17, 06:45

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Hello,

first message here after reading for a while several threads on games and ol'hardware. I am french so please be nice with some of the faults I may do as I write.

I have several computers of different era for gaming on period correct computers. Everything is fine up to Win 98Se but for win 95 I got a problem : here is the config (not really optimal though).

P4 1Ghz
I815
Matrox Millenium G450
SoundBlaster Live!
40 Go IDE hd
IDE cd drive (noisy and would not open sometimes (belt needs to be replaced).
floppy drive
32Go Compact flash attached to IDE.
Windows 95 2.5 installed on the 40 HD.
Here is my problem : I would like to use the compact card to copy the drivers I managed to find from my Win11 computer to this one. But it keeps failing. I formatted the card to Fat32 and I cannot recognize the files copied from the modern pc. I tried to reformat with Ex-Fat it is the same problem. If I format the card with Windows 95 it will be the same problem.

At this point I have no clues about what to do next. I have burned quite a lot of cd with several drivers and they can be read correclty. but it is not the cheapest solution.

thanks a lot for your help. I did not found any introducing thread so if I miss something on the forum please forgive me.

kinds regards, Antoine.

Reply 1 of 4, by dominusprog

Posted on 2025-04-17, 09:09

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Create a 8GiB partition and format it with FAT32.

A-Trend ATC-1020 V1.1 ❇ Cyrix 6x86 150+ @ 120MHz ❇ 32MiB EDO RAM (8MiBx4) ❇ A-Trend S3 Trio64V2 2MiB
Aztech Pro16 II-3D PnP ❇ 8.4GiB Quantum Fireball ❇ Win95 OSR2 Plus!

Reply 2 of 4, by Piemur44

Posted on 2025-04-17, 12:58

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Thank you Dominus i will give this solution a go this evening 😀

If it works I will send some pictures !

Reply 3 of 4, by Piemur44

Posted on 2025-05-05, 06:24

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Hello!
thank to Mr Dominusprog I have been able to install Windows 95 with 8gb fat32 partition.

Now I have to choose and manage to install the sound card which is important. I have some pci choice : Live!, CT5803, CT4810, Audigy 1, OEM Live!.
Which one would be good for windows 95 and sometimes casual dos games? As long as the game launch and play I will be happy.
I installed the Live! 0060 but no sound and there is still the yellow triangle in the configuration panel and no sound.

Also i have a Matrox G450 which works fine and I also have a Voodoo2 pci in stock. would it be any good to add it on my computer?

thank you for the help 😀

Reply 4 of 4, by dominusprog

Posted on 2025-05-06, 17:58

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Piemur44 wrote on 2025-05-05, 06:24:
Hello! thank to Mr Dominusprog I have been able to install Windows 95 with 8gb fat32 partition. […]
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Hello!
thank to Mr Dominusprog I have been able to install Windows 95 with 8gb fat32 partition.

Now I have to choose and manage to install the sound card which is important. I have some pci choice : Live!, CT5803, CT4810, Audigy 1, OEM Live!.
Which one would be good for windows 95 and sometimes casual dos games? As long as the game launch and play I will be happy.
I installed the Live! 0060 but no sound and there is still the yellow triangle in the configuration panel and no sound.

Also i have a Matrox G450 which works fine and I also have a Voodoo2 pci in stock. would it be any good to add it on my computer?

thank you for the help 😀

Happy to hear that your problem got solved. Audigy is a very good choice for both Windows and DOS. It supports EAX, and have a very nice GM emulation. For the graphics card, they both are good cards, but you should do some benchmarks to see which one serve you the best.

A-Trend ATC-1020 V1.1 ❇ Cyrix 6x86 150+ @ 120MHz ❇ 32MiB EDO RAM (8MiBx4) ❇ A-Trend S3 Trio64V2 2MiB
Aztech Pro16 II-3D PnP ❇ 8.4GiB Quantum Fireball ❇ Win95 OSR2 Plus!

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