Article: Q148682
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): win95kbfaq
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the differences between the Windows 95 Upgrade and the
non-upgrade (full) version of Windows 95. This article also lists the directory
contents of the Boot disk and the contents of the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
files included with the non-upgrade version of Windows 95 distributed on
3.5-inch disks.
MORE INFORMATION
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You can use the Windows 95 Upgrade to upgrade Windows version 3.0 or later or
Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or later to Windows 95. You must be running
MS-DOS, PC-DOS, or OEM-DOS version 3.1 or later to install the Windows 95
Upgrade. Because the Windows 95 Upgrade does not include a bootable floppy disk,
you must be able to boot from the computer's hard disk to install the Windows 95
Upgrade.
To install the non-upgrade (full) version of Windows 95, you do not need a
previous version of Windows, Windows for Workgroups, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, or OEM-DOS.
Because the non-upgrade version of Windows 95 includes a bootable floppy disk,
you do not need to be able to boot from the computer's hard disk.
Contents of the Boot Disk
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Note that although the label on the Boot disk indicates that it is a Distribution
Media Format (DMF) disk, it is actually a standard 1.44-MB disk.
IO SYS 223,148 07-11-95 9:50a
MSDOS SYS 4 07-11-95 9:50a
COMMAND COM 92,870 07-11-95 9:50a
AUTOEXEC BAT 25 07-11-95 9:50a
CONFIG SYS 40 07-11-95 9:50a
COUNTRY SYS 27,094 07-11-95 9:50a
DISPLAY SYS 17,175 07-11-95 9:50a
EGA CPI 58,870 07-11-95 9:50a
EGA2 CPI 58,870 07-11-95 9:50a
EGA3 CPI 48,973 07-11-95 9:50a
FDISK EXE 59,128 07-11-95 9:50a
FORMAT COM 40,135 07-11-95 9:50a
HIMEM SYS 32,935 07-11-95 9:50a
KEYB COM 19,927 07-11-95 9:50a
KEYBOARD SYS 34,566 07-11-95 9:50a
KEYBRD2 SYS 31,942 07-11-95 9:50a
MODE COM 29,191 07-11-95 9:50a
OEMSETUP BIN 3,270 07-11-95 9:50a
OEMSETUP EXE 78,668 07-11-95 9:50a
Contents of the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys Files
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The Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files on the Boot disk prepare the computer for
Windows 95 Setup.
Contents of the Config.sys File:
device=himem.sys
files=60
buffers=20
Contents of the Autoexec.bat File:
@echo off
oemsetup
Additional query words: retail dirwin dirwin95
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Keywords : win95 kbfaq
Technology : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version : 95
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