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== Description ==
BedOS is not really a bootleg - more of a [[transformation pack]]. This will go over mostly BedOS 72214-1, since it is the first release and it is in English therefore being easy to understand for most people (although you are provided a
BedOS 72214-1 comes in an Installer VISE package, while BedOS 2.0/Lite come in an ACE self-extractor. BedOS 3.0 is now in ISO format 72214-1's installer starts off with an unintentionally funny to read introduction text, which you can proceed into installing the full bootleg. It will install itself to its own folder named "BEDOS" in the root of your C: drive, and add a shortcut on the Desktop and Start menu to launch BedOS afterwards. What the Launch BedOS shortcut does is, it basically replaces critical files in the C: root such as AUTOEXEC, COMMAND, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, CONFIG.SYS, as well as BOOTSECT.DOS, BOOT.INI, NTLDR, NTDETECT, the pagefile even for assurance, with its own, redirecting it all to its kernel.
When you first boot into 72214-1, you will be informed that it is '''shareware''', where if you want the full version you have to sign up to an online registration form on the author's website. After you sit through the new hardware messages, you will be greeted with the aforementioned new look, along with a whole bunch of new places to visit, including "My Distributive" and "My Documents" (both have nothing in them), "My Programs" (which doesn't have much), 3 shortcuts to more programs and finally, "BedOS Registration".
BedOS can officially run on Windows 95 (OSR2 only), Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000 (FAT32 only). Despite claiming to only work for Windows 95 OSR2, BedOS will happily cooperate with Windows 95a (and possibly RTM
== Changes in BedOS 72214-1 ==
== Notes ==
=== Remarks ===
* The BedOS 72214-1 screenshots use Windows
* BedOS 2.0's ACE self-extractor will error on a file named <code>DLIN.EXE</code>. This is actually a known issue according to the Old-DOS BedOS page's comments section.
* The studio "eWafr-Bedrin" is comprised of two parts: "eWafr", which stands for education (образование), Wise (Мудрость), above (высочайшая), future (будущая), and race (раса), and "Bedrin" which is the author's last name, according to <code>RTP.RTF</code>.
=== Sources ===
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