Installing Windows 95 over DR DOS

DR DOS is a disk operating system manufactured by Novell. The latest version of Novell DOS™ available at the release of Windows 95 was version 7.

You cannot configure dual-boot capabilities for Windows 95 and DR DOS.

Windows 95 Setup checks for the following DR DOS files that could cause conflicts.

DR DOS Files That Cause Conflicts

delwatch.exe
delpurge.exe
diskmap.exe
diskopt.exe

fastopen.exe
lock.exe
memmax.exe
password.exe

rendir.exe
script.exe
superpck.exe

taskmax.exe
touch.exe
xdel.exe

DR DOS is upgraded in the same way as versions of MS-DOS (as described earlier in this section). However, these additional changes are made during Windows 95 Setup:

Some DR DOS utilities can cause compatibility problems with the Windows 95 real-mode kernel; Windows 95 Setup uses rem to comment out any command lines in the configuration files that start such utilities.
If you use DR DOS password protection, Windows 95 Setup warns that this should be removed; otherwise, Windows 95 Setup cannot use the protected volume.