Raymond Chen noted that the Windows 95 setup program consists of three chained programs, adapting based on whether it's started in MS-DOS or an existing version of Windows.
The real work of setting up Windows 95 was done by a 16-bit application that interacted with the user to gather installation info and performed hardware detection.
Chen explained that the process is efficient, providing a unified code base so users get the appropriate setup experience, whether starting from MS-DOS or Windows 3.1.
He reminisced about the excitement of early Windows 95 installations, which began with configuring the hard disk via text mode before transitioning into the Windows graphical interface.
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