Windows 95 was too fat to install itself so needed help from the slimmer 3.1

Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen has answered the question of why Microsoft insisted on running up a miniature Windows ...
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Install windows 95 on older laptop- HELP

I've been fighting with my IBM thinkpad 355CS which I am trying to install windows 95 on. Since I'm the only person in the world with a 355Cs its a 486 SX (no math copro) 20 megs RAM, 160 meg HD and a ...