Win 98 on Win Xp with Virtual PC

[malleechick]

Hi,

I have some software that I want to run on my Win XP machine using Virtual PC and Win 98.

My XP machine does not have floppy drives, so I want to know how I can install Win 98 on the Virtual PC without floppies. Is it possible to put the floppies on to USB and use that somehow?

What have others done before me?

[dencorso]

Install Win 98SE, instead, using a bootable CD. Look for it on eBay.

[malleechick]

Hi,

I have a 98SE disk. Can I make a bootable disk from it?

[glocK_94]

Virtual PC supports virtual disks (*.ima files if I remember correctly). You should be able to download a win9x / Dos bootdisk image from Bootdisk.com and boot from it.

If you want to convert your windows CD to a a bootcd, have a look here and there.

[malleechick]

Thank you very much for your assistance and links. There will be something there I can use.

[submix8c]

You might also be interested in this nifty tool (based on MS' techniques) -

Virtual Floppy Drive -

http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html

If you can get an IMA (filename.IMA) then it can be mounted and manipulated just as if it were a real floppy drive with a real floppy disk. WinImage will create a couple for you (trial version will work fine). Just remember to create IMA's and not IMZ's (these are the compressed variations).

HTH

edit -

another topic in which jaclaz refreshes my memory (indirectly) also refers to IMDISK

http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html#ImDisk

This should also work nicely...

Edited November 9, 2009 by submix8c