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, 201511 yr by ndog

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

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...

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, 201511 yr by ndog

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.

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

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, 201511 yr by submix8c

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, 201511 yr by jaclaz