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

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From: Don Draper
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00

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David Valentine <davev@nrel.colostate.edu> wrote:

>Worldwide Internet Retrieval� 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?


--
Don Draper, CPD
Senior Consultant
The Orkand Corporation
Atlanta, GA 30202
770-488-5774
dld0@ccdod1.em.cdc.gov
draper@mindspring.com

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From: draper@mindspring.com (Don Draper)
Subject: Re: This is where you can get Win '95 Service Pack 1
Date: 1996/03/01
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