Can I upgrade my extisting installation of Windows95 to OSR2 with the OSR2 disk?
No. If you attempt to upgrade from an earlier version of Windows95, it will give an error message and not let you proceed. You can only install OSR2 on top of DOS, and the most you really need are a formatted hard disk, either bootable or with a boot floppy, and your properly configured DOS CDROM drivers. Okay, but there’s gotta be a way to fool it into upgrading from an earlier version of Windows95 (or Windows 3.x)!!!! There are two ways. Method 1 (easier, but follow the instructions carefully!) Rename the file “WIN.COM” in the C:\WINDOWS directory. Then run setup on the OSR2 CD from the DOS prompt. This will upgrade your current version of Win95 to OSR2. Tip: Remove all entries from C:\windows\start menu\programs\startup before you upgrade. Of course, you will need your DOS CDROM drivers properly configured to read from your CDROM under DOS. Do not attempt this unless you are comfortable mucking around with system files. Finally, once you get OSR2 setup running, and you get to the sc
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