malleechick Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Install Win 98SE, instead, using a bootable CD. Look for it on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malleechick Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hi,I have a 98SE disk. Can I make a bootable disk from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glocK_94 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malleechick Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thank you very much for your assistance and links. There will be something there I can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) You might also be interested in this nifty tool (based on MS' techniques) -Virtual Floppy Drive -http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.htmlIf 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).HTHedit -another topic in which jaclaz refreshes my memory (indirectly) also refers to IMDISKhttp://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html#ImDiskThis should also work nicely... Edited November 9, 2009 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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