UPGRADING W/O WIN3.1 DISKS

You need only the first disk of the Win 3.x distribution, and yes, a diskcopy is enough....

CDub: Here's a way to do it without looking for a disk of any kind. Using a disk editor of any kind,  you can use MSDOS's   EDIT program if you like, create a small file and save it to a floppy. Here's how using dos:

1. Install dos on the machine you want to use, or use a machine
    with dos on it, including another windows 95 machine.

2. Put a clean floppy disk in your floppy drive.

3. At the dos prompt, type edit and the edit window will open.

4. Touch the "alt" key and save the file (with nothing in it) as

          a:\WIN.CN_

NOTE: That WIN.CN (underscore)

5. Load the windows cd-rom and start the install process. When windows searches for evidence of 3.1 etc it will ask you for verification, including one of the 3.1 disks. Insert the disk with the empty file  WIN.CN_ and the point windows to it.

There ya go!

Yet another method
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SETTING UP WIN95 FROM UPGRADE CD WITHOUT OLD WIN 3.X
1. You have a clean-formatted Hard drive and no Win3.1. Find another computer      and do the following.
2. Open Control Panel
3. Double click on 'Add-Remove programs'
4. Click on third Tab named 'Make Boot Disk'
5. Insert a formated disk in drive A and click 'Create'. This will create a bootable
system disk with DOS 7.0 (the native W95 DOS)
6. Open a DOS Window and use the 'copy' command to copy your CD-ROM driver (something like TOSHV212.SYS for Toshiba ATAPI) on your diskette
7. Open Notepad and load 'Autoexec.bat' from the diskette.
Add the line:
LH A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:D
(assuming MSCDEX.EXE is in the root directory and D: is your CD-ROM drive)
8. Save Autoexec.bat in the diskette.
9. Load 'Config.sys' from the diskette.
10. Add the line:
DEVICE=A:\Driver.SYS /D:MSCD000 /N:1
(where 'driver.sys' is your CD-ROM driver. Check your CD-ROM's
installation disk for that)
11. Save 'Config.sys' in the diskette.
12. To prevent W95 setup from asking Win3.1 disks select 'File/New' on
Notepad and type:
[Setup]
ccp=0
13. Save as 'Batch.txt' on the diskette.
14. Perform a 'scandisk' on the diskette
15. On your computer, boot with this diskette on drive A:
16. Change to CD-ROM (D: <Enter>) to make sure that everything it's OK.
If not, check again the bat and sys files yoy created.
17. Insert your Windows 95 Upgrade CD. Make sure you're seing D:\> or E:\>
18. Type Setup A:\Batch.txt (Press enter)
19. Follow the on screen instructions.
After several minutes you will have a brand new installation.

Many bucaneers in this brave cybersea! :)

Isn't it the truth!

buccaneer
1. A pirate, especially one of the freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th century.
2.A ruthless speculator or adventurer.

Aw, I don't think we're that bad a lot;))

My question stated that I could not find the disks...I was at another site doing the install and the user's there had no idea where their disks were.

Dew_associates' answer would have been the best, however upon searching the net further I found the one where I could copy the user.exe and win.com from another machine. I did this and was able to load Win95 upgrade just fine.

Thanks for the tip, I often delete the Windows 3.1/3.11 directory before upgrading a pc to Win95...it reduces problems. At times, like this one, forget and don't make sure I have a disk handy. This one's a keeper.

Tne how about he do it without your answer Smeebud!

Just make a file with a dos editor and
call it WIN386.EXE and save it to your C:
drive. 95 will go right on by searching
for your Windows 3.1 disk.

That's fine without my answer. He can delete it or reject or what ever. I just think It's proper to not just disappear.

CDub: Reject the answer and then withdraw the question and you'll retain your points.

Remove the question please!!!!

Please remove the question.