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Q148682: Comparison of Upgrade and Non-Upgrade Versions of Windows 95

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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