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Chapter 4. Reinstalling Windows 95 Use the information in this chapter if a problem occurs and you have to reinstall Windows 95. About the Windows 95 CD Attention The software contained on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM (the "Recovery Program") is to be used only for reinstalling Windows 95 on an IBM computer that was originally shipped with Windows 95 preinstalled. The Microsoft Windows 95 CD and CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk are provided with your computer so that you can reinstall Windows 95 in case of a hard disk failure or other damage to your Windows 95 files. Note: If you have not already done so, make a backup copy of the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk (included with your Windows 95 documentation) and use the backup copy to prevent damage to the original diskette. Under some conditions, the installation process will destroy data on the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk, making the diskette unusable. If you reinstall Windows 95 from the Microsoft Windows 95 CD, the content will differ slightly from the preinstalled Windows 95 software that was originally shipped with your computer. After you have reinstalled Windows 95, you can use the Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD to install applications and device drivers if necessary. Refer to Chapter 5, "Using the Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD" on page 37 and the CD overview on the Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD for more information. If you experience problems with device drivers installed from the Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD, you can obtain updated device drivers from the World Wide Web at http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/files.html or on the IBM PC Bulletin Board System (BBS). © Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 23

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Chapter 4.
Reinstalling Windows 95
Use the information in this chapter if a problem occurs and you
have to reinstall Windows 95.
About the Windows 95 CD
Attention
The software contained on the
Microsoft Windows 95
CD-ROM
(the "Recovery Program") is to be used
only
for reinstalling
Windows 95 on an IBM computer that was originally shipped
with Windows 95 preinstalled.
The
Microsoft Windows 95
CD and
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
are
provided with your computer so that you can reinstall Windows 95
in case of a hard disk failure or other damage to your Windows 95
files.
Note:
If you have not already done so, make a backup copy of the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
(included with your Windows 95
documentation) and use the backup copy to prevent damage
to the original diskette.
Under some conditions, the
installation process will destroy data on the
CD-ROM Setup
Boot Disk
, making the diskette unusable.
If you reinstall Windows 95 from the
Microsoft Windows 95
CD, the
content will differ slightly from the preinstalled Windows 95
software that was originally shipped with your computer.
After you have reinstalled Windows 95, you can use the
Ready-to-Configure Utility Program
CD to install applications and
device drivers if necessary.
Refer to Chapter
5, “Using the
Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD” on page
37 and the CD
overview on the
Ready-to-Configure Utility Program
CD for more
information.
If you experience problems with device drivers
installed from the
Ready-to-Configure Utility Program
CD, you can
obtain updated device drivers from the World Wide Web at
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/files.html or on the IBM PC Bulletin
Board System (BBS).
Copyright IBM Corp. 1998
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