Installing Windows 95
We take for granted the ease with which we can install programs and operating systems today. Back in the 90s, it took guts, determination, and many, many floppies. This photo of the Windows 95 installation pack may have unearthed a deep core memory for you. We tend to forget just how much effort it was to install a new operating system on our computers!
The original Windows 95 operating system pack came with a whopping 13 floppy disks needed for installation. You had to insert each one in order to install it properly. If you lost one, you were doomed. Believe it or not, these 13 floppies held more data than the average floppy disk of the day. According to Windows whiz Raymond Chen, this cut the floppy count by two. There are some aspects of retro tech that we definitely don’t miss.