Windows 95 requirements

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Windows 95 requirements

System requirements for installing Windows 95:

Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended)
Typical hard disk space required to upgrade to Windows 95: 35-40 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install.
Typical hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean system: 50-55 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install.
One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended)

To use Microsoft Exchange and The Microsoft Network:

8 MB of memory
20 MB of additional hard disk space
Modem (required for using The Microsoft Network)

Optional components:

Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Modem or fax/modem
Audio card and speakers for sound

Files required to boot

File	Location
IO.Sys - The real-mode operating system, VMM32 and Windows 9x device drivers take control from Io.sys	root
MSDOS.SYS - contains special information for Windows 98, and for compatibility with applications that require Msdos.sys to be present.	root
CONFIG.SYS - is not required for Windows 9x, but it is included for compatibility.	root
AUTOEXEC.BAT - is not required for Windows 95 or Windows 98, but it is included for compatibility.	root
SYSTEM.INI	\windows
WIN.INI	\windows
BOOTLOG.TXT	root

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