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2. Insert the Windows 95 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
3. Start (or restart) the system.
4. At the Windows 95 Startup Menu, select the option to install Windows 95.
If you are installing Windows 95 on a system on which another operating system or a
previous version of Windows 95 exists, you may have to partition and format the system’s
hard disk before installing Windows 95. An option on the Startup Menu allows you to exit
to MS-DOS and use the fdisk and format commands.
CAUTION
Be sure to make a backup copy of your data and/or programs before partitioning and
formatting the system’s hard disk. All data on the hard disk will be destroyed during the
fdisk and format process. Once you have completed these tasks and reinstalled Windows
95, you must reinstall any application software and data that you want to use.
CAUTION
Make sure that all disk drives attached to the system are partitioned, and formatted with the
File Allocation Table (FAT) file system, before attempting to install Windows 95, or the
installation will fail.
Follow the instructions in Introducing Windows 95 to install Windows 95. As you install the
operating system:
u
Select the default responses during the Setup process.
u
Allow Setup to configure the network only if you have an installed network adapter, and
only if the system is connected to the network.
u
Create a Startup diskette when prompted.
u
While Windows 95 files are being copied to the system, you are prompted for the
Windows 95 Setup boot diskette. This occurs even if the Windows 95 Setup boot
diskette is already inserted in the floppy disk drive. Select OK to continue.
Next, you are notified that a CD-ROM driver file (such as
MTMCDAI
.
SYS
or
TAISATAP
.
SYS
) could not be found on the Windows 95 Setup boot diskette. In the dialog
that displays, specify that the file should be copied from a:\, and then select OK.
After installing the operating system:
u
Install drivers or other system software from any backup diskettes. System software
delivered on backup diskette is usually more current than system software on the
operating system CD-ROM. Alternatively, you can install the drivers or other system
software from the Windows 95 CD-ROM if you don’t have them on diskette.
As shipped from the factory, the system’s hard disk drive contains Windows 95 Setup
files in the
C
:\
WINDOWS
\
OPTIONS
\
CABS
directory, as compressed .
CAB
files. If the
CABS
directory is deleted from the system’s hard disk, you must have access to a Windows 95
CD-ROM to use Windows 95 Setup files.
