Windows 95 clean install vs. upgrade

Working on writing some A+ tutorials.

Some books say Windows 95 can only be installed as an upgrade from DOS or an
earlier Windows version. But Microsoft's website seems to say that it can be
installed on a clean system.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q138349

Anybody know the answer?

MANY THANX TO ANYBODY WHO CAN HELP!

 

You can't just stick the CD into a Win95 computer and boot it up and
install. You would always need to fdisk and format first using DOS. There
are also different versions of Win95. Version A only works on Fat16 so can
only support up to 2 gigs on a partition. B and C both support Fat32 for
which I don't remember the limit but we haven't reached it yet in drive
sizes.
You do not, however, have to install DOS 6.22 first to install Win95 or
anything like that. I sold hundreds of 486 Win95 computers a few years ago
for $99.99 without installing DOS on any of them first.
Also a Win95 CD won't boot like a Win98 one will.
AG

 

Strange. Even the Win98 upgrade that I have is bootable. All of the ones I
have seen were bootable.
AG

 

|
| | > ImhoTech wrote:
| >
| > > | > >
| > >>AG wrote:
| > >>
| > >>>Also a Win95 CD won't boot like a Win98 one will.
| > >>
| > >>A standard Win98 CD is not bootable either. None of the Win9x
(through
| > >>WinMe) discs are.
| > >>
| > >>It is possible to make *custom* bootable versions of the discs,
however.
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>-WD
| > >
| > >
| > > Sorry, that's just not true, there was in fact a long thread here on
it.
| 95
| > > didn't have a bootable cd, 98 and above was bootable.
| >
| > Hm, perhaps some versions are bootable and some aren't.
| >
|
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...f=1&safe=off&selm=#y0Ew59s#[email protected]
| >
| >
| > -WD
|
| Distrust anything said by a Most Valuable Prostitute.
|
| I have the first two in that list. Both bootable. There may be unbootable
| versions, but I've never seen one that wouldn't boot from cdrom. I don't
| currently have an SE install or disk to compare versions, but have booted
| from cd many times installing for coustomers. The last two aren't OS'es.
|
|
|

My Win98 Upgrade CD-ROM is not bootable. In order to make use of it I need a
boot floppy with CD-ROM support.

Stephen Online©

 

|
| | > AG wrote:
| > > Also a Win95 CD won't boot like a Win98 one will.
| >
| > A standard Win98 CD is not bootable either. None of the Win9x (through
| > WinMe) discs are.
| >
| > It is possible to make *custom* bootable versions of the discs, however.
| >
| >
| > -WD
|
| Strange. Even the Win98 upgrade that I have is bootable. All of the ones
I
| have seen were bootable.
| AG
|
|

When did you aquire the CD-ROM? Maybe later copies were bootable. I have an
original 'upgrade' retail version that I got pretty early on and it is not
bootable.

Stephen Online©

 

I'm really not sure. I think I got it in a stack of disks and licenses that
I got from my dad after he retired several years ago. I haven't used it in
years as far as I can remember and I could be wrong about it but I the last
time I left it in the CD ROM drive it and rebooted it started running setup
on reboot, NOT what I wanted.

AG

 

What I think happens is that people pop the CD-ROM in the drive while
running a previous version of Windows .. it collects info, does it thing
then causes a reboot. When the computer reboots it starts upgrading. But the
computer hadn't booted from the CD-ROM rather from setup files put on the
harddrive *before* the reboot. Just a guess, though.

--
Stephen Online©


|
| | > | > |
| > | | > | > AG wrote:
| > | > > Also a Win95 CD won't boot like a Win98 one will.
| > | >
| > | > A standard Win98 CD is not bootable either. None of the Win9x
| (through
| > | > WinMe) discs are.
| > | >
| > | > It is possible to make *custom* bootable versions of the discs,
| however.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > -WD
| > |
| > | Strange. Even the Win98 upgrade that I have is bootable. All of the
| ones
| > I
| > | have seen were bootable.
| > | AG
| > |
| > |
| >
| > When did you aquire the CD-ROM? Maybe later copies were bootable. I have
| an
| > original 'upgrade' retail version that I got pretty early on and it is
not
| > bootable.
| >
| > Stephen Online©
| >
| I'm really not sure. I think I got it in a stack of disks and licenses
that
| I got from my dad after he retired several years ago. I haven't used it
in
| years as far as I can remember and I could be wrong about it but I the
last
| time I left it in the CD ROM drive it and rebooted it started running
setup
| on reboot, NOT what I wanted.
|
| AG
|
|

 

|
| | > What I think happens is that people pop the CD-ROM in the drive while
| > running a previous version of Windows .. it collects info, does it thing
| > then causes a reboot. When the computer reboots it starts upgrading. But
| the
| > computer hadn't booted from the CD-ROM rather from setup files put on
the
| > harddrive *before* the reboot. Just a guess, though.
| >
| > --
|
| Well..no, we were reffering to booting from a cdrom.
|
|

And the Win98 CD-ROM is not bootable. Mine isn't that's for sure, but mine's
an original retail upgrade version. What I was trying to say was the some
people might be mistaking the install routine for a bootable CD-ROM when, in
fact, the install routine boots from files put on the harddrive already.

 

Windows ME is bootable from the CD

 

I agree. Boot disks are easy to find online. I have backups for every
Windows version, whether I need it or not....... just in case the system I
am working on doesn't allow booting to CD's. Thankfully, these instances
don't come up very often anymore, but the disks are always good to have