Cannot Dual-Boot DBCS and SBCS Versions of Windows 95/98

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
• Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release versions 1, 2, 2.1, 2.5

SUMMARY

Microsoft does not support dual-booting double-byte character set (DBCS) and single-byte character set (SBCS) versions of Windows 95/98. DBCS versions of Windows 95/98 include the Chinese and Japanese versions.

MORE INFORMATION

Dual-booting DBCS and SBCS versions of Windows 95/98 can cause the Following problems:

• File names that contain DBCS characters are unreadable when you boot the SBCS version of Windows 95/98.



• Using disk tools that are not designed to work with DBCS files could damage the file allocation table (FAT) and cause data loss.



• You may not be able to delete files whose names contain DBCS characters when you boot the SBCS version of Windows 95/98. If you remove the DBCS version of Windows 95/98 and then want to remove such files, you may have to reinstall the DBCS version of Windows 95/98 to delete the files.



• Both versions of Windows 95/98 attempt to use the same Program Files folder. Therefore, the default items in the Program Files folder created by the first installed version of Windows 95/98 are overwritten by the second installed version.

Additional query words: 98

Keywords : kbenv win95 win98
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo