The community for beta and abandonware collectors.

BetaArchive is one of the webs largest Beta & Abandonware archive!

About BetaArchive

With over 100TB in our archive, we are quite possibly the largest archive of its kind on the web!

We invite you to join our website and forum community to share, discuss and exploit the hidden secrets from within beta and abandonware releases. Share your knowledge with the forum and ask questions if you don't have the answer. Our friendly community will be happy to discuss any aspects of betas and abandonware with you.

What sort of files does BetaArchive store in its archive?

The archive mainly contains Windows and Apple betas. These are the most popular files and are enjoyed by most of our members on the forum. We also have a huge abandonware archive which has a selection of both old and more modern software titles.

So I can get these files for free?!

Yes! We don't believe in charging for our archive. Not only would it be illegal to profit from such files, it is also against our philosophy to do so. We also don't believe in advertisements, however we do ask that if you find the site useful and you do download anything from the archive, that you make a donation, no matter how small, to help keep the site alive. Supplying our downloads is no easy feat as our servers do cost money to upkeep. Without donations it would be up to the site owner to fulfil those costs, which isn't viable. Being a free archive, we rely on users to keep us online! Sharing is also the only way we grow so we ask that if you have something we don't have that you share it with us. Our members are always looking for new files to try out!

How do I start downloading?

It's easy! All you need to do is sign up on the forum, follow the contribution rules (you simply have to share something you have that we don't), and then you can apply to what we call the "Archive Access" group (don't be discouraged by this, it's really very easy!). An administrator will review your application, and if your contribution(s) meet the contribution rules, you are accepted and can start downloading anything from the archive at once! So sign up, get accepted, and you will have access to thousands of files!

What are you waiting for? Sign up on the forum now!

Latest Forum Topics

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Patch setup.exe to change Setup is starting... position on screen

 
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Beta12 on 18 Mar @ 13:11
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Standalone educational software question

 
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fiz on 17 Mar @ 15:16
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fiz
17 Mar @ 15:24

How to run CMD in first logon

 
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Windows11RTMYT on 17 Mar @ 08:35
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Windows11RTMYT
18 Mar @ 10:26

"An error occurred while setting an image info" message on b…

 
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PCMaster on 17 Mar @ 05:19
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Windows11RTMYT
17 Mar @ 13:29

Games that were given away with magazines

 
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EzioAuditore on 16 Mar @ 05:23
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EzioAuditore
16 Mar @ 08:36

Archive offline

 
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mrpijey on 15 Mar @ 16:09
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mrpijey
16 Mar @ 10:15

MASSIVE Beta CD collection

 
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DiskingRound on 15 Mar @ 05:59
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anonymous74
16 Mar @ 02:33

Installation Problems

 
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RetroLizard on 13 Mar @ 16:15
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mastervmware13
17 Mar @ 14:01

Newbe who needs help installing OS/2 Warp 4.52

 
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m7hacke on 12 Mar @ 23:20
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m7hacke
16 Mar @ 16:44

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs questions

 
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LuKaWin10 on 12 Mar @ 20:43
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Zv45Beta
16 Mar @ 14:46

Whistler 2442 in English

 
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DeclanHaselhurst on 12 Mar @ 11:13
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Mac OS X 10.6 PPC Build 10A96 Kernel panicking on qemu

 
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WindowsBetaLover on 11 Mar @ 18:29
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Windows11RTMYT
17 Mar @ 08:41

Release gallery launched!

 
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mrpijey on 10 Mar @ 21:16
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PlyrStar93
11 Mar @ 21:01

[REQUEST] Microsoft Office etc.

 
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Zenkaino lovelive on 10 Mar @ 09:39
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DonaltDuck
12 Mar @ 12:08

[OFFER] Office 97 Bonus Pack / Office 2000 Premium with SR-1 CD2 Korea…

 
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Zenkaino lovelive on 10 Mar @ 05:30
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[OFFER] Microsoft Encarta 2000 Reference Suite (1999-08) [English-US] …

 
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NKLOL1938 on 8 Mar @ 13:25
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[OFFER] Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2.1 (1997) (CD-RO…

 
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NKLOL1938 on 7 Mar @ 18:42
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[REQUEST] Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia DELUXE 2000 (DVD) [English-US…

 
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NKLOL1938 on 6 Mar @ 14:31
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[REQUEST] Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 2001 (CD) [English-US]

 
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NKLOL1938 on 6 Mar @ 14:01
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Windows 95 build 330 was on the FTP??

 
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DiskingRound on 6 Mar @ 04:40
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Andy
6 Mar @ 20:55

Asian Bootleg copies of Windows 9x.

 
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NKLOL1938 on 6 Mar @ 02:34
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NKLOL1938
7 Mar @ 01:51

What is an OEM upgrade release of Windows NT 4.0?

 
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DOS on 3 Mar @ 04:47
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SoftPCMuseum
3 Mar @ 05:50

[Offer] Windows 98 SE 4.0.2222A Simplified Chinese Version Retail CD

 
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XylonJack on 2 Mar @ 11:06
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XylonJack
9 Mar @ 14:27

Password keeps getting rejected

 
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RonT on 29 Feb @ 14:00
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RonT
29 Feb @ 14:35

Changes in updated releases?

 
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ntalaec on 26 Feb @ 21:36
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mrpijey
27 Feb @ 16:48