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

Monday September 29, 2025. 02:15 PM , from TheRegister
30 years on, Microsoft engineer explains why the old OS had to babysit its flashy successor
Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen has answered the question of why Microsoft insisted on running up a miniature Windows 3.1 rather than a diminutive Windows 95 to install the full-fat version of the latter.…
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