Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How do you format a disk in Windows 95?

Answer: Double click My Computer (usually located on the desktop) using the right mouse button. Right click the floppy drive containing the disk you wish format. Choose the format option in the menu.

Question: How can you find out the amount of available disk space on the hard-drive?

Answer: Go to My Computer\Drive{\Folder or \Folder\File} \RIGHT mouse click \PROPERTIES or Go to EXPLORER\Drive {\folder, file, etc}\RIGHT Mouse click\Properties

Question: How do you do a DISKCOPY from A: to A:

Answer: The capability is on the Right Click menu. Right click on the drive icon, and select "Copy Disk" or single Click the disk and select from the File menu Copy Disk

Question: How do you create a new file

Answer: You can create a new file by using the right mouse button to click the desktop or any folder, point to "New", and then click the type of file you want to create from the list.

Question: How to select multiple files in large icon view?

Answer: Selecting multiple files, click on the first icon, and then hold down the SHIFT key while you click the last icon to be selected. To change an icon from selected to unselected, hold down the CTRL key while you select the icon.

Question: How to change the color palette setting?

Answer: To change the color palette setting, click the desktop with the right mouse button, choose Properties, and click the Settings tab. Click the down arrow next to Color palette, and choose your palette.

Question: How to rename icons?

Answers: Click on the icon you want to rename and select 'rename'.

Question: How to delete Files without moving them to Recycle Bin?

Answer: First, select the file or files to be deleted. And then use the right mouse button to click on the selection. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking DELETE (Or hold down the SHIFT key when pressing the DELETE key if using the keyboard).

Question: How to turn off the Windows 95 Logo When Booting?

Answer: To remove the Windows 95 logo on startup, you can do the following:

1) Open file msdos.sys in Notepad.

2) Find the [Options] section.

3) Add this line in the Options section: Logo=0

Reboot your machine and there should be no logo on startup.

Question: How to replace the Startup, Shut Down, and 'Please Wait' Screens?

Answer: These files are 320x400 Windows Bitmap files, located in the Windows folder. They are:

--> "Logo.sys" -- the startup screen

--> "Logow.sys" -- the one that says "Please wait while your computer shuts down."

--> "Logos.sys" -- the one that says "It is now safe to turn your computer off."

You can use any graphic design program to create your new "startup", "shutdown" and "wait" files. While editing the files, it's better to work at 534x400 size files. Then resize them, back to 320x400. After saving, rename them to (filename).sys. Move them into the Windows folder when finished.

Question: How to quick restart of Win95 after changing the configuration of your system?

Answer: Press and hold the shift key while clicking START-SHUTDOWN-RESTART THE COMPUTER.

 

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