Subject: 2. Installing Windows 95 

     * 2.1. Basics about Win95 vs Win 3.x and DOS
          + 2.1.1. Basics about OEM Service Release 2 vs original
            Win95, Win 3.x, and DOS
     * 2.2. How do I install Win95 on a computer with...
          + 2.2.1. ...nothing else on it?
          + 2.2.2. ...DOS and Windows 3.x on it?
          + 2.2.3. ...Stacker (tm) disk compression
          + 2.2.4. ...>500 MB drive running Disk Mangler, DriveLamer,
            etc
          + 2.2.5. ...Double/DriveSpace (tm) disk compression
          + 2.2.6. ...OS/2 (tm) ? (any 2.x or higher version)
          + 2.2.7. ...Windows NT (tm) ? (why?)
          + 2.2.8. ...no hard drive? (diskless station)
          + 2.2.9. ...notebook computer? 
          + 2.2.10. How do I copy my Win95 installation to another
            hard drive?
     * 2.3. How do I install Windows 95 from...
          + 2.3.1. ...floppies?
          + 2.3.2. ...CD-ROM drive? (Harder than you think)
          + 2.3.3. ...network server? ("Standard" shared install) 
          + 2.3.4. ...network server? ("Copy the cabs to a server"
            quick install)
          + 2.3.5. How do I make Setup NOT install things like
            Internet Explorer, MSN, etc?
     * 2.4. I'm having problems with...
          + 2.4.1. ...rebooting after first part of setup
          + 2.4.2. ...reading disk 2
          + 2.4.3. ..."Safe" recovery
          + 2.4.4. ...part two of setup can't read drivers from
            CD-ROM
          + 2.4.5. ...part two of setup can't read drivers from
            network 
     * 2.5. Can I install two separate copies of Win95?
          + 2.5.1. Can I boot from a floppy disk and then run Win95
            from a hard drive?
     * 2.6. How do I install old DOS and Windows 3.1 in a Win95
       system?
     * 2.7. Why should I make a startup disk?
     * 2.8. Top ten installation mistakes 
     * 2.9. Things to try before Re-Installing
     * 2.10. Things to do before re-installing to ensure a good
       re-installation
     * 2.11. Top ten re-installation mistakes
     * 2.12. Things to try before giving up
     * 2.13. How do I un-install Win95 from…
          + 2.13.1. ...installation on top of old Windows 3.x?
          + 2.13.2. ...installation on separate directory or drive?
          + 2.13.3. ...a computer with DriveSpace 3 (tm) disk
            compression?
          + 2.13.4. ...a server based install?
          + 2.13.5. ...a diskless workstation?
     * 2.14. Top ten Un-Installation mistakes
       

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