System Startup Files

This section describes the following files involved in Windows 95 system startup:

The following table summarizes how Setup renames the system files for the previous operating system when Windows 95 is installed. (The Windows 95 files are renamed with .W40 filename extensions when you start the computer with the other operating system.)

Original MS-DOS filename

Renamed file under Windows 95

autoexec.bat

autoexec.dos

command.com

command.dos

config.sys

config.dos

io.sys (or ibmbio.com)

io.dos

mode.com

mode_dos.com

msdos.sys (or ibmdos.com)

msdos.dos