Article ID: 148682
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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SUMMARY
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
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
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
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
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