Enhancing Video in a Windows 95 Guest Operating System Running Off a Dual-Boot Raw Disk

To enable video in a virtual machine that is running Windows 95 as a guest operating system, you must configure the SVGA video driver using VMware GSX Server.

Boot Windows 95 natively (not in a virtual machine).
Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, then select Properties.
Click the Hardware Profiles tab.
Highlight the Original Configuration profile, then click Copy.
Name the profile Virtual Machine then click OK.
Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box.
Shut down Windows 95 and reboot the system.
Boot into your host operating system.
Start the Windows 95 virtual machine.
Select Virtual Machine from the list of profiles when prompted.
If you are prompted to select the CPU Bridge, accept the default, then click OK.
Restart Windows 95 when prompted.
Again, select Virtual Machine from the list of profiles when prompted.
When the video card is detected, you are prompted to select which driver you want to install for your new hardware. Click the Select from a list of alternate drivers radio button, then click OK.
Select Display Adapters from the Select Hardware Type dialog box.
Select Standard Display Adapter (VGA) from the device list, then click OK.
Restart Windows 95 when prompted.
Once Windows is restarted, locate the VMware Tools self-extracting archive file.
Install VMware Tools then restart the virtual machine.
Start the Device Manager and expand the Display adapters tree.
Highlight VMware SVGA. Click Properties.
Uncheck Physical Machine, then click OK. Click Close.
Shut down Windows and power off the virtual machine.
Shut down your host operating system and reboot into Windows 95.
Select the Physical Machine profile when prompted.
Repeat steps 20 through 22 and uncheck Virtual Machine, leaving Physical Machine checked.