Windows 98 Image Preparation Tool

[ndog]

I have been looking all over the internet for this tool!

 

I have been reading the forum - http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/43253-win98se-image-for-multiple-pcs/ which suggests to download the preptool for windows 98 here - http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntwks40/Utility/4.71.1015.0/NT4/EN-US/WIN_DEPLOY.exe

 

Does anyone know where I can obtain it? If could upload a copy I would be most appreciative!

 

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/MISC1/BUSSYS/WINNT/KB/Q195/4/46.TXT

Edited June 23, 2015 by ndog

[jaclaz]

It's on the Wayback machine alright (as suggested in that thread)

 

Here:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntwks40/Utility/4.71.1015.0/NT4/EN-US/WIN_DEPLOY.exe

 

These ones are seemingly fine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060320022750/http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntwks40/Utility/4.71.1015.0/NT4/EN-US/WIN_DEPLOY.exe

https://web.archive.org/web/20080222200834/http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntwks40/Utility/4.71.1015.0/NT4/EN-US/WIN_DEPLOY.exe

 

What is the problem?

 

jaclaz

[dencorso]

KB195446 refers to SysPrep for Win NT 4.0. What you want is this, which link I got from the selfsame thread you quoted, but failed to read as fully as you should...

[ndog]

Hi wonko, nice to see you around still!

I have to apologise to you both, turns out I was using an addon for firefox, called redirect cleaner, which was stripping the links.

Will use internet explorer next time!

 

Edited June 24, 2015 by ndog

[submix8c]

FTR - it's the same package used for NT4, contents have separate folders.

http://www.vernalex.com/guides/sysprep/introduction.shtml

https://web.archive.org/web/20120406210541/http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=16536

I'm assuming it's because NT4 had the Win95 Install on one of the Server versions.

[jaclaz]

I'm assuming it's because NT4 had the Win95 Install on one of the Server versions. 

Had what?  

 

Any doc/detail about this? 

 

jaclaz

[submix8c]

In folder "x:\CLIENTS\WIN95\NETSETUP" on the RTM Server. SETUP.TXT

 

Microsoft Windows 95 README for Setup

August 1995

I believe it's the "Upgrade" set. CAB's are 2kb.

 

http://www.velocityreviews.com/threads/old-windows.588196/

http://www.huguesjohnson.com/winnls.html

http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5015&start=25

Other references are from Chinese websites (just search the folder string).

 

I obtained a copy from FCCdotGOV (don't ask any more and I won't tell).

Edited June 28, 2015 by submix8c

[jaclaz]

Now I see.

 

My bad  , I somehow missed the "server" in your post   .

 

The .cab's are 2 Mb each of course (2048000 bytes) and seemingly the contents are the same as the original Windows 95 iso, the ones with timestamp 1995-07-11 09:50:00:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/135540

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/MISC1/peropsys/WINDOWS/KB/Q135/5/40.TXT

as the "normal" .iso, in practice you have WIN95_02.CAB to WIN95_17.CAB instead of the WIN95_02.CAB to WIN95_28.CAB that was used for the later OEM2/OSR2 release, the around 1680 Kb cab size:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/misc1/PEROPSYS/WINDOWS/KB/Q158/1/90.TXT

derived, if I recall correctly, by the use of the floppy install version that used the non-standard floppy filesystem (the infamous DMF format):

http://www.winimage.com/wimushlp/wini1a1y.htm

 

jaclaz

Edited June 29, 2015 by jaclaz