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Re: This is where you can get Win '95 Service Pack 1

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From: Aer0 Zeppelin
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 00:00
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On Fri, 01 Mar 1996 16:56:46 GMT, rwh@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Richard
Hoffbeck) wrote:

>>>> The Win '95 Service Pack is actually a 14 disk program (a little over 17MB)
>>>> comprising the following files:
>>>> 
>>>> Setup.EXE       Disk2.EXE       Disk3.EXE       Disk4.EXE       Disk5.EXE
>>>> Disk6.EXE       Disk7.EXE       Disk8.EXE       Disk9.EXE       Disk10.EXE
>>>> Disk11EXE      Disk12.EXE    Disk13.EXE     Disk14.EXE
>>>>         The Base HyperReference is:
>>>>         "HTTP://WWW.Microsoft.Com/Windows/Download/[FileName]"I only downloaded the Setup.EXE file, marked as containing all the fixes and 
>>>updates.  When I ran it, I was never prompted for any other disks.  Have I 
>>>missed something here?  What kind of update could possibly take more disks than 
>>>the original OS???
>>>--
>>>David W. Valentine [davev@NREL.ColoState.EDU]
>>
>>My understanding is that the patch is on the initial setup.exe disk.
>>The remaining disks represent the entire os with the new patch.
>>Anyone verify this?
>
>No, the service pack itself is one disk and the rest are various tools
>for system administration, automating network installs and the likes.
>To actually upgrade a system you only need the single patch disk.

which disk is that? just the setup disk?

thanks

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From: nirvana@manawatu.gen.nz (Aer0 Zeppelin)
Subject: Re: This is where you can get Win '95 Service Pack 1
Date: 1996/03/04
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