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.5. Restart the computer and boot from drive C:, then reinstall your applications and data. (If you have an "upgrade" version of Windows 95, you need to have an earlier version of DOS/Windows already installed.)
Setup

6. Follow the directions that came with the package and install the English version of Windows 95 on the C: drive.

7. When you're sure that English Windows 95 is working properly, run the "MS-DOS Prompt" program. From the DOS prompt, use the ATTRIB command to remove system, read-only, and hidden attributes from the C: root directory:

C:\>ATTRIB -h -r -s *.*

8. Close the MS-DOS Prompt window. Create a new folder called "English Root Directory," then copy all files from the C: root directory to this folder.(Note that from the DOS prompt, this folder will be called "englis~1".)

9. Create a batch file in the English Root Directory called ENGLISH.BAT. (See your DOS manual for information on writing batch files.) This batch file should consist of the following commands:

C:

CD \

ATTRIB -h -r -s *.*

COPY C:\*.* D:\JAPANE~1\*.*

COPY C:\ENGLIS~1\*.* C:\*.*

Note that the D:\JAPANE~1 directory refers to the "Japanese Root Directory," which you will create in a subsequent step.
10. Restart your computer and boot from the C: drive. When the message "Starting Windows 95" appears on the screen, press the F8 key. From the menu that is then displayed, choose "Command Prompt Only" and press ENTER. The system will then start atthe DOS prompt.

11. Install the Japanese version of Windows 95 on the D: drive.

C:\>D:

D:\>A:SETUP

Important: Make sure that you install the Windows files in the D:\WINDOWS directory rather than the C:\WINDOWS default directory. If you install on C: by mistake, the files from your English Win 95 installation will be overwritten.

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12. After installation is complete and Japanese Windows 95 is working properly, go to the DOS prompt and use the ATTRIB command to once again remove the system, hidden, and read-only attributes from files in the C: root directory. (Note that even though this installation was done on the D: drive, the Japanese system files will still be located on the C: root directory.)

13. As in step 8, close the DOS windows and create a new folder called "Japanese Root Directory" on drive D:, then copy all files from the C: root directory to this folder.

14. From the DOS prompt, create a batch file called JAPANESE.BAT. It should consist of the following commands:

C:

CD \

ATTRIB -h -r -s *.*

COPY C:\*.* C:\ENGLIS~1\*.*

COPY D:\JAPANE~1\*.* C:\*.*

15. Now, create a shortcut on the Japanese Windows desktop that will run the ENGLISH.BAT batch file you created in the English Root Directory. Double click on this shortcut, then restart the computer. The computer will reboot in English mode.

16. Now (as in the previous step), while in English mode create a shortcut to the JAPANESE.BAT batch file in the Japanese Root Directory. Double clicking on this shortcut and rebooting will put you back in Japanese mode.
In summary
As you can see, this method is a bit drawn out, and it involves copying files to and from the C: root directory and rebooting to switch between English and Japanese. For the time being, though, it appears to be the only reliable way ofrunning both the English and Japanese versions of Windows 95 on the same machine.

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One final point of caution: Make sure that you remove the hidden, read-only, and system attributes from all files in the C: root directory before copying the files to the English or Japanese Root Directory. All of these system files, of the proper version, are required for Windows 95 to boot properly; if you copy without removing these attributes, all necessary files will not copy, and some will be overwritten.?

The preceding instructions are from the article I mentioned. The whole article may be found at the following site:
http://www.cjmag.co.jp/magazine/issues/1995/dec95/1295coexist.html

Another related article:

http://www.cjmag.co.jp/magazine/issues/1996/apr96/04helpdes.html

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Good luck,

Maxwell