Want to install Windows 95 over Windows ME?

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You will not be able to install W95 as an upgrade to that system. You can
delete the existing installation of ME and install W95 as a new
installation, but if you are using an upgrade version you will need to have
a qualifying product such as a WfW3.1 disk set. The simplest option would
be to format the disk and install a full version o W95. If the disk has
been set up as FAT32 and your version of Windows is earlier than 95B then
you will have to delete the existing partitioning and recreate the disk with
FAT16 partitions.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98
"George" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:647401c42e65$ddfd5c00$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I had given to me a used computer, it is a 386 Pentium,
> 233-hz. and has Windows ME installed on it. It is barely
> running because I am getting all kinds of warnings about
> memory etc. but the person who had it before me use to
> have Windows 95 running on it before they upgraded it to
> the ME system and they said that it ran just GREAT on
> Windows 95!! So here is my question. If I buy a Windows
> 95 UPDATE software to install OVER THE Windows ME version
> that is presently on it, will it go through the
> installation process without giving me any problems? The
> reason I ask is because I am actually DOWNGRADING to 95
> from ME. Any help with be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! George
> from Killingworth, Ct.
>