Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Sound

[mkv1614]

brings back memories. yes, it was awesome to have a computer. today its just everywhere and so lame...

[s0eViL]

This reminds me so much of my childhood, red alert, warcraft and theme park, good times :P

[orion21st]

I'm not going to lie, this gives me goosebumps whenever i hear it. The joys of nostalgia ^^

[88nateatx]

Welcome, to Windows Nostalgia!

[Mandyf2001]

I had Windows 95 in First Grade to 2nd Grade then Windows XP in Third Grade to Grade 6

[USAFpjADS]

懐かしすぎて涙でたｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

[slicker41]

im...geting....that.....feelin­g....that.....i..need.... a classic computer i miss the old ones!

[skylinrg]

"if she doesn't know what it is, she's too young for you"

[fucktardickis]

AHHHHHH THAT SOUND, THE NOSTALGIA, ITS KILLING ME

[skylinrg]

@fucktardickis same here

[StarDr0ps]

@fucktardickis I know right?! Man, now I miss playing my old PC games on Windows 95. X<

[KevinTheCommentator]

Memories :D

[zorgforeverdelta]

In Windows 7 startup are shit

[zionfeather7]

Damn!! I didnt think I was that old....im only 22 but damn

[Guitarsearcherxgen]

Had a toshiba laptop before my parents gave it away, heard this sound and it's soothing to the ear.

[plasmaTee269]

better then windows 7! :D

[Jiqal713]

Windows is landing to the ground

[masoudfun1996]

Hey, did this come out the same year that both The WB and UPN launched?

[4everEragon]

omg i remember my childhood when i hear this. my first pc, windows 95 and i was the luckiest guy of the world when i fount out that age of empires 1 was working on it. great time these years

[aldo3g]

I remember I saved directly from a PC that sound into a 3.5 FD fearing to not ear it again in the future (done by 1998)... now that disk is an antique and I found it again on youtube :D

[TheKathleen42]

There are mutible error messages after 0:03

[nwm251]

Oh, man! Sooooo much nostalgia! Out all window setups sounds; this is by far the best. <3

[lumn8music]

In Grade 6, we had Windows 2000 computers, but they played this sound starting up o_0

[slitor]

ALRITE! time to startup Sim tower!

[MrDanthe3rd]

ding ding ding ding din

[Skybolter]

That reminds me the 90's

[lucky88shp]

Absolutely just priceless!

Oh boy the memories of seeing tht for the first time in 4th grade!! Tht too in my own home, before when even the school didn't have it!

[macwithavengence]

Strange how this brings back memories of Kindergarten :D

[StickGuy1994]

@macwithavengence We had those old black and white Macs in Kindergarten ('99)

[lunchboxattacks1]

Yeah! Time for Encarta! I want to listen to a midi file of the Tajik national anthem and work out how much food I need!

[Amberritos]

ALL MY EMOTIONS.

[ESFAndy011]

The Windows that started it all for me...

[DerpyGamingTV]

reminds me of the sega dreamcast startup.

[TheTKC64]

I just nostalgia'd my pants

[HardcoreComputing]

So priceless...

[eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee234]

:]

[SpiceyKillerz]

Listening to this sound makes me feel sooooooooooooooooo nostalgic!

[Samrocks9704]

fu

[ChicagoFan32]

My compaq which ran 95 always sounded like a helicopter trying to take off-- I kind of miss that.

[nguyenvuminhtoan]

Máy tính đầu tiên của mình là máy tính Pentium MMX, ổ cứng 1G mấy, ram 24M, ổ CD 24x và... cài Windows 95

[paperchaos]

DAT SOUND

[PlayHiFi]

Thanks for uploading.

Damn this brings me back when the concept of having a computer was awesome.

I wonder if the files listed on the description are the actual source files, or a recording?

[Ballyweg]

@PlayHiFi Some of them are the actual source files. Others have been collected from around the internet, where I cannot tell if they've been recorded or not.

[PlayHiFi]

@Ballyweg

Thanks for the tip =)

I'm asking cuz I was thinking of getting the source files out of an original copy laying around. But just thinking of installing it on an old machine puts me sooo off xD...

[XBLspartanx170]

@PlayHiFi and also back when the theme music was more cosmic and uplifting. almost like new age music.

[3elwoo]

Ahhh, this makes me remember the old days. "Starting Windows 95 ...", Windows splash, sound of HDD, cyan desktop bg, big 16-color icons, McA**ee splash, then wondering if you gonna have Microsoft® Bluescreen®. Good times, eh?

[baronisio]

that will be a cool ring tone for my iphone 4 :P

[baneofzakhaev]

I think Microsoft's best years were 1995-2000. Listening to the old boot-up sounds still evokes such great memories.

[TheDarkandLightOne]

Thank you! I downloaded them from your site and now my computer is complete! I was desperately searching for the Windows 95 start up, AntiVenom36 is right, it was cool and still is cool!

[INeverWanted2010]

This sound REALLY takes me back. Back when the most difficult thing in my life was who I was going to play with at recess.

[Cathexis256]

idk why but this reminds me of skyrim

[dragolian50]

TNX MAN!!! I have had that melody in my head for 4 years, and i didnt remember where it was from. So tnx, i remember this pc, it was my second one. I had a old mac before that, i used to play matrix on windows 95. It was really popular that old game, at that time.

[xihuai01911]

極具未來感“neo-noir”流派

我好怀念90年代的日子。。。

[garzburgh11]

It sounds like the X-Files

[Zachandhisdicky47101]

Reminds me of barney for some reason

[SnowPoke]

Reminds me of my first computer.

[5039Player]

Ahhh the memories just came back to me. I will never forget them.

[commandosolo2009]

@5039Player same here pal. If it wasnt for the cocksucker who devised the chernobyl virus..... The old Cow Gateway...

[AntiVenom36]

I miss the startup sound of Windows 95. It was cool.

[vcxwqaa]

OUAAAAAAAH les souvenirs =D

[TomTomDam]

NOSTALGIA.

[MrElmo38]

and i thought that Vista's start up was fuckin weird o.O

[mimphb]

everytime i hear this i think of the Hevey Vid: OGGGLOOOLLOOGG DA DA DA DA

[santafe37s]

The good old days. Wonder how many people still use Windows 95?

[RulerOFmany]

@santafe37s Mine still works after 15 years. Shows you how good of a system it was then.

[Alexeiv03]

@RulerOFmany Your computer is GOD.

[b3n254]

i know how to make this into a sound for when you start up your internet pages

[MrQerem]

the good old days!

[SafeTripHome33]

better than the xp startup sound

[ceyhunatil]

as a gamer , I was just attacked by the memories of need for speed(first one) , Little big adventures , doom 2 , panzer , gta and so on as I've heard this.

[miharbi0109]

did you know that this sound was actually made on a mac?

[FunToJump]

kinda ironic that this was composed with mac :D

[phil211293]

@FunToJump was it? how do you know? windows won't even touch mac?

[Jimster666]

brain eno B-)

[tomexltu]

its so depressing

[rockersdawg7]

ahh i remember the days were i used to play chips challenge, jezzball and skifree for hours and hours

[MasterGeno58]

This might be a good start up sound but that doesn't cover up for the TIME it takes to at least get to that screen

[Sillyzombie666]

this is now my new start up sound god i missed this sound

[weatherallc05]

cheers for the wav files, they are pretty good

[AspectRatioPolice]

Windows 95 startup theme was composed on Mac

Music legend Brian Eno has recently described the process of being hired by Microsoft to create a selection of possible themes for Windows 95.

Then he revealed that he used an Apple Mac to knock up 83 pieces for Microsoft to choose from before adding the kicker.

No I wrote it on a Mac. I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them," he said.

[TheSJproduction]

Sounds so old fashion!

[TheWONDERBOYZ1]

AHH..! LETS PLAY DOOM 2!!!

[cougswsu]

Nice.

[wbjc2007]

Win 95 was far from perfect - but at least it wasn't as gay as Win 7 or MacOS X.

[0415jacob]

the loveliest sound ever...

[miguemarqueze]

#Epic #Viejazo!!!!

[TheTKC64]

soooo nostalgic

[TheTechnoToast]

and to think Brian Eno composed this on a Mac...

gizmodo.co.uk/2011/11/brian-en­o-composed-the-windows-95-star­t-up-chime-on-a-mac/

[percypiggle6]

written by none other then brian eno

[MissyFlesky123]

*startup sound plays*

GLLL BRRRR DAH DAH DAH DAH

[MagaBoy360]

EPIC....

[AllTrains]

I had a windows 95 gateway laptop a while back. It had this same start-up. I miss the sound but not the computer. sold it a garage sale for $20.

[FREEZERQC]

starcraft diablo warcraft 2 c&c red alert golden age

[bubbleboy80]

When I was a kid, hearing this sound meant I was about to play Bailey's Book House! Hell yes!

[CharlieT98]

i would lmfao if they had the nigga song on the startup lol

[Ballyweg]

@TheBubJoseph I made you some. My homepage, news section! Party Rock Sounds. Change in Control Panel.

[sethisahuman]

is there anyway to make this my mac os10 start sound?

[Ballyweg]

@sethisahuman Not as far as I know.

[danagol1985]

@Ballyweg You can't change the startup sounds in a Mac? Jebus! Now I'm really glad I never decided to get one.

[Mrhellsy]

@sethisahuman YOUR MAC SAYS NO!

[arundogg]

this is amazing! it takes me back to the good ol' days of AOL and playing warcraft 2 on my 486.

[gbarrancos1]

Brian Eno = God

[SonnyJamesJefferson]

Ahhh back in the good old days when you would start up the computer to do something other than checking your facebook.

[Whifflefit]

@SonnyJamesJefferson for me it playing the alphabet game.

[DeutschlandPorsche]

I miss that Windows logo and the clouds behind it :(

[danzig8705]

How do you set this as a login? Can someone help me out?



[TheGenesisMG]

@danzig8705 control panel >hardware> sounds ( the hint

[Ballyweg]

@danzig8705 Control Panel -> Sounds -> Logon sound

[killmaster3415]

@Ballyweg how about for windows 7?

[Ballyweg]

@killmaster3415 Right click on an empty space on the desktop, select Personalize, then Sounds and change the Windows Logon sound.

[sirbalsac]

I think this may be the most hated sound in the known universe other than the words "I just took a dump in your bucket of fried chicken, U Mad?"

[lamebubblesflysohigh]

I am so fucking old :(

[SmilingGiantess]

awww good old windows 95

[SkylacedSolace]

Creeps me the hell out

[imtheonlysane1here]

It is now safe to turn off your computer.

[Kueck10893]

And these days, I wish I was six again.

[mrbing993]

I swear I replayed it 10 times and I feel silly. Why am I crying?

[NegativeOutlook4]

@mrbing993 (looks at you slowly and cries harder knowing i'm not alone)

[ADMediaEmpire]

haha I love how you think now, Oh wow now this takes me back!! haha

[xservintage]

So I cried.

[rickyony]

brian eno

[twocementshoes]

This sent shivers down my spine! So nostalgic...

[Ballyweg]

@FrostBjorn You can put it as login sound. Download the wav from the link under the video and then use it as logon sound in your sounds control panel. (Save the .wav somewhere safe)

[Despatche]

WINDOWS ARE BROKEN

[NewDie9]

DAH

[TheMonkeybutler20]

for those who do not know, ambient-progressive rock whiz Brian eno wrote this, in fact he made 85 different versions of this theme.

[connoraveale]

@TheMonkeybutler20 Is there a way to listen to the different versions?

[TheMonkeybutler20]

@connoraveale i wish their was a way so could tell you my friend, i wish their was a way.

[mimatoto123]

@TheMonkeybutler20 yeah and he coposed it with Mac

[sans8928]

i could listen to this for days

[silvernode]

I don't think there has ever been a better startup sound for windows. Brian Eno really created something special with this piece.

[Snazzynovelistdude]

First computer we ever owned had this on!! Now i use a mac!

[nandmemory]

back then. .the composer was payed $55,000 for that start up sound.

[ihg911turbo]

Fuck this scares me

[TheLongestUsername93]

oh my god, my younging days flashed before my eyes.

[HBKanedge818]

Ah, that takes me back to 5th & 6th grade

[BoGgIeMaN1337]

I LOVE THIS SOUND! so smooth .... man i takes me back to the old days .... the days when i played indiana jones and the infernal machine ... i wish you could have this sound for 7 ....

[Ballyweg]

@BoGgIeMaN1337 You can! Download link is in the description. Just set it to login sound.

[BoGgIeMaN1337]

@Ballyweg thanks

[takisfuego1000]

@BoGgIeMaN1337 you can actually have it but takes a lot of downloaded crap. i can tell you how to get it if you want

[BoGgIeMaN1337]

@takisfuego1000 noo its okay , but thanks :)

[takisfuego1000]

@BoGgIeMaN1337 lol ok

[Christianrocker1990]

Suddenly I'm in 1995

[TheMonkeybutler20]

@Christianrocker1990 TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bronyforever]

I'm not gonna lie. i was all like. "Aaaaahhh...OOoooohhhh...yyyee­eaaaa ￣ー￣"

[Niscimble]

Ahhhhh, Windows 95 <3

[Nettohunden619]

Uhuuhuhuhu!!!

Nostalgia shock!

[smbmadman1]

Forgot the other startups! This one is classic! :D

[radanju1]

Just like the good times!

[iiGerardoii]

every time i heard this i see bill gates

[ZupeyKivo]

Badum bringggg ding ding ding ding

[ZVONIMIR111]

I remember our kindergarten PC with Windows 95. That were good times.

[need4speed209]

I miss old times so much after hearing this :(

[Polygon6789]

I have a 1998 computer, and i upgraded to vista, and it still says when i shutdown, It is now safe to turn off the computer. Why?

[Ballyweg]

@Polygon6789 That's the computer hardware, the BIOS, telling you that.

[ZVONIMIR111]

@Ballyweg It is actually an AT power supply. Those requires a press of a power button.

[Ballyweg]

@ZVONIMIR111 Ah Ok, nice knowing.

[nargarothfreak666]

@Polygon6789

i have a pc from 1996 with offical windows 95 on it

but the pc what i have now is to good for windows 95

but i mis the text when you shut down your windows

i love windows 95 so much :)

[ZVONIMIR111]

@Polygon6789 Just push the Power button. you turn off the PC just like you turn it on. ATX wasn't so popular and was expensive, so they used AT PSUs that cannot turn off automatically

[need4speed209]

A mix of the Windows XP Secret Sound / title.wma with this would be so relaxing...

[didogazeto]

Windows 95 kinda makes me feel like rick-rolled

[13StJimmy]

another reason i love Brian Eno

[P0kEm0nRevolutionFaN]

thumbs up if you think windows should replace the boring windows xp sound into this

[manonthemoon516]

I grew up with Windows 95 and I always loved hearing this sound :)

[ParasiteQueen1]

Going to play Hover now.

[grimbo008]

brings up memories...

[SegaMegadriveMic]

ahh, memories. I haven't heard this since I was 10. It is my favourite windows bootup sound.

[lorddale87]

awh.. that sound makes me remember about being seven years old and waking up early just so I could play the first Command & Conquer game..

[DrifterReiji1234]

Thumbs up if you think Windows 7 and and 8 is for nerds.. ;D