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Coming from the "How Hard Is Your Disk" department, Lockergnomie Ted Taylor sails through his Windows setup routine. You've probably got your Windows installation CD sitting somewhere nearby; if not, check for the Windows > Options > Cabs folder. Assuming you have enough disk space (or another hard drive), copy the files from the CD's \Win9x to \Win9x on your hard drive. From there, you can run SETUP.EXE. This'll make your Windows installations fly! Once fully installed, you can keep the \Win9x on your hard drive -- or you remove it and modify the registry key: HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Setup \ SourcePath="X:\WIN95\" (X represents your CD drive letter). This way, if Windows needs the setup files in the future, it'll look for them first on the CD.