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re: win95 folder on my C drive
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 11:22 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(570 messages posted)
I assume, although you do not say, that you obtained Windows 98 by upgrading from
an earlier installation of Windows 95, using a Microsoft Windows 98 upgrade CD.
If that is the case, then you do not need the folder C:\Win95 because that is a backup
which the Windows 98 upgrade program made, to enable you to reinstall Windows 95
if you decided at some point that you didn't like Windows 98.
The folder C:\Win95 was originally your Windows folder, when you were running Win95.
It has been renamed, in order to install Win98 into a new C:\WINDOWS folder.
You don't need C:\Win95 for running Windows 98. But do check the contents of that
folder before deleting it, in case you have any of your own data files left in it!
Check specifically two places: firstly check C:\Win95\Desktop in case the old desktop
survives (where you might have stored some data), and check C:\Win95\Favorites (where
you might have stored some Internet Explorer shortcuts as favorites).
Otherwise, if Windows 98 is working without any problems, and all your devices (printer,
modem, scanner, mouse, etc) all work okay, you probably don't need the old system
files and device drivers from your Windows 95 days any more.
Ed
On Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 7:46 am, Vicki Lopez wrote:
>My C drive is 3/4 full and I am trying to delete stuff I do not need. Do I need
>this win95 folder when I am running Windows 98?
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