Windows 95 was too fat to install itself so needed help from the slimmer 3.1 (theregister.com) 5 points by Brajeshwar 9mo ago ↗ HN
[–] sillywalk 9mo ago ↗ The article links to [0] from Microsoft's Raymond Chen.Discussed previously:Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (microsoft.com)307 points by mooreds 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 192 commentshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42166606[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250926-00/?p=11...
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 20.5 ms ] threadDiscussed previously:
Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (microsoft.com)
307 points by mooreds 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 192 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42166606
[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250926-00/?p=11...