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Re:Windows 95 – How Does It Look Today? by jonathanlydall on Saturday April 03, 2021 @10:53AM (#26681506)
That looks like Windows XP based on the desktop icons and I'm quite sure that Windows 95 didn't support hibernation, it only arrived with Windows 2000 if I recall correctly.

Windows XP only came out in 2001, so if the laptop was from 1999 then it must have been upgraded to Windows XP at some point.

That text based progress bar shows exclusively for resume from hibernate, hence rubatuga saying it's "definitely hibernation".

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Re:Windows 95 – How Does It Look Today? by Narishma on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:38PM (#26682419)
I think it's Windows 2000. Unless Windows XP has that same text mode loading screen, which I don't remember.
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Re:Windows 95 – How Does It Look Today? by AshamedCaptain on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:14PM (#26683292)
That is XP. Seriously, just look at the icons....

And yes, XP has exactly the same boot screen. It just goes significantly faster than on 2k, which means most of the time you didn't get to see it.

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Re:Windows 95 – How Does It Look Today? by jonathanlydall on Sunday April 04, 2021 @02:06AM (#26687272)
Both Windows XP and 2000 normally showed a graphical loading screen.

The text mode loader would only ever appear when resuming from hibernate.

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Re:Windows 95 – How Does It Look Today? by ABS on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:31AM (#26681822)
indeed it looks like I posted the wrong one!
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