Microsoft KB Archive/148682

Comparison of Upgrade and Non-Upgrade Versions of Windows 95

Q148682

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

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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