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From: Andy Stevens <astevens@sos.net>
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Subject: Re: Win95
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I've installed '95 a half dozen times now on different computers, in it's
own directory and over 3.11. Neither instance has caused me any grief. The
one thing I can gaurentee that will is not having enough space left on the
drive/partition, to do a proper install. Pay attention to this one...
Andy Stevens
At 02:37 PM 4/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 10:31 PM 4/19/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>Now that my favorite program is forcing me to give money to Bill Gates (5.0
>>won't run on Win 3.x) I need to pay attention to any problems people have
>>had upgrading to Win95.
>>
>>I should be picking up the software in the next day or two... any
>>precautions I should be taking before hand??
>>
>>Any other helpful ideas??? I was hoping to go straight to NT, but that
>>isn't an option. I can't afford the program cost or the additional RAM...
>>
>
>OK, I have installed Win95 dozens of time in many different ways. This is
>the absolute BEST way to go...
>
>1. Set aside a lot of time.
>2. Back-up to floppies (or zip drive) the things that are absolutely
>essential. (don't back up programs, only files.)
>3. Format c: (double-check to make sure you have ALL your important stuff
>Before you format!!!)
>4. Install Win95 from scratch.
> a. install DOS on formatted HD.
> b. Install CD-ROM drivers.
> c. install Win95 upgrade (will ask for disk 1 of win3.11)
>4. Let Win95 check for PnP devices.
>5. Start setting up your devices that Win95 missed. (use 32-bit drivers
>whenever possible!! Go to the manufacturers webs site if necessary to get
>them.)
>6. Check your "system" in the "control panel". Look for driver conflicts and
>resolve them.
>7. Once your OS is all set, start to install your software. Again try to
>use 32-bit versions whenever you can. Almost all programs today are 32-bit
>or have 32-bit versions. go to http://www.tucows.com/ or
>http://www.windows95.com/ for tons of 32-bit shareware/freeware apps. You
>want to avoid 16-bit apps in Win95 at all costs.
>
>It's kinda scary to wipe your system clean and start over, but I have done
>this many times and it the best way to do it. All my drivers are 32-bit,
>all my software is 32-bit and my problems are minimal because of it. You do
>NOT want to try to mesh Win95 w/ Win3.11
>
>
>Bryant Reif
>mailto:reifbrya@pilot.msu.edu
>http://www.aiesec.org/~bryant
>
>
>
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