Notes on Installing the AIDS PUBLIC INFORMATION DATA SET
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     -    Minimum requirements for installation:

		*  Windows 95 or greater 
		*  80486 CPU
		*  32 MB RAM
		*  50Mb of free disk space
		   (The installation file can be erased once installation
		    is complete....this recovers about 10Mb of disk space)


     -    Run the APIDS02.EXE located in this folder.

     -    You may change the drive and directory to which the AIDS Public 
          Information Data Set will be extracted.

     -    If you want to be able to run the program from the Start Menu,
          be sure "Create program group(s): AIDS Public Information Data
          Set" is checked.

     -    Click on Extract. 

     -    After the AIDS Public Information Data Set program has successfully 
          been extracted, run it by clicking on Start and locating and 
          clicking on the AIDS Public Information Data Set in the Programs 
          group. You can also locate the AIDS Public Information Data Set 
          using My Computer or Windows Explorer and double click on its icon. 
          The first time the program is run, it will perform a setup/indexing 
          process that will take up to a few minutes to complete.

     -    In order to save disk space, the file APIDS02.EXE can be deleted.
    
     -    For more information call the Statistics and Data Management Branch, 
          Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, telephone (877) 659-7725