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Windows 95 Installation and Upgrading

Does Your PC Have a CD?

SUMMARY: Windows 95 on disk lacks some features available in the CD version.

When upgrading older PCs from DOS or Windows 3.x to Windows 95, make sure the PC has a CD-ROM. Granted, Windows 95 does come in a 3 1/2 disk version, but there are problems when relying on this. The diskette version is missing several applets and other features found on the CD. Plus, the 3 1/2 disk version takes forever to install. If you have to, buy an external parallel port CD-ROM drive before installing Windows 95.

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