Microsoft KB Archive/148682

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Comparison of Upgrade and Non-Upgrade Versions of Windows 95

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Q148682

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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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 Additional query words: retail dirwin dirwin95

Keywords : win95

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Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95