There has been a dichotomy of experiences concerning installing Windows 95. Many people have seemed to have no problems whatsoever and many others have had extreme difficulty in being successful in their installation attempts. The intent of this article is to assist the latter group of people and those who are contemplating a future Windows 95 installation. Through my own past experiences with other software and hardware, I have found that many installation problems are due to user error.
User error is often a result of eagerness, impatience, inattentiveness, or fatigue.
That is not to say that real problems with installing Windows 95 are non-existent. Keeping this in mind, the remainder of this chapter will focus on some things that will hopefully assist you in pulling off an installation that is as trouble-free as possible. Prior to installation, sit down and put some serious thought behind how you want to install Windows 95. There are several options for installation. The default action is for Windows 95 to be installed by overwriting your existing Windows.