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Reinstall Win95 over Win95???
Name: Dirk Date: March 19, 2002 at 10:08:33 Pacific
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Quick question. I'm having some difficulty with Windows 95 and was wondering instead of formatting can I reinstall over the old Win 95 and solve some problems?
Name: Quick Answer Date: March 19, 2002 at 10:25:54 Pacific
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You will most likely create more problems (corrupted files) then you solve.
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Response Number 2
Name: Habib Date: March 19, 2002 at 12:03:08 Pacific
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Dirk: Also, when you try to reinstall Win95 over Win95 it will inform you that there is a newer version installed then you are trying to reinstall if you have installed the past updates as they came available. At least that is what I have run up against. Am I right? I would like some input as I have had this happen to me.
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Response Number 3
Name: Date: March 19, 2002 at 12:52:37 Pacific
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Installing windows over windows cannot corrupt files. While it usually doesn't fix major problems, its really no more than running a sytem file checker and replacing every file with a fresh one.
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Response Number 4
Name: dale Date: March 19, 2002 at 13:06:06 Pacific
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I agree with post #3. I have never created a new problem with an install over. Try it first and if it doesn't work, then you can resort the the 'drastic' format.
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