if you install it on the same partition then it may format the partition before installing 95 onto it. i can't remember for sure because its been a while.

if you install it onto another partition on the same disk, then most likely it will overwrite the master boot record (or MBR) so that only 95 will boot. but if 95 is on any partition OTHER than the first one then it will not boot - boot to recovery console and fixmbr will replace the mbr and let you boot xp once again.

...burn the OS Win 95 on my computer and then burn it onto a cd. The problem with t his is if i install the OS...
why are you installing it again? i thought you wanted to make a "backup"...
all legalities aside, you should be able to make a direct copy or "on the fly" as the cool kids are saying these days, ie, you wouldn't have to put it onto your hdd first. unless you only have one optical device. then it would be safer to copy it to your hdd first.
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