Native Win9x for Recovery OS

[satanhead2003]

Hi guys... I'm new here. Just want to know, how can I make a Recovery CD, With Win9X on it? I mean, run win9X from CD and use DOS and regular HDD / SYSTEM diags on it?I've searched this forum, and only found out that they just interested in reducing /trim INSTALLED Win9x. I'm considering making BartPE, but it just too slow, and not all software were suppoted (errors encountered). I think INTERGRATING UBCD(172 mb) and Win9x (just like Knoppix-STD) will be enough for recovery. Any ideas? Right now, I'm working with Mindows. Just finished downloaded. Sorry for my bad english.

[prathapml]

Yes, its quite possible.

What you basically need to do, is to remove all possibility of needing to have write-access to anywhere - only then it can run totally from CD. (The other option is to load it all into RAM, and that frightens me... 400 MB ramdisk+ 100 MB memory....... and we still haven't come to swap-space :SHUDDER: )

Now, how you do it is an open-ended question - there's many sites that have info about it, and you can yourself try somethings too.

Just remember that it is not such a good idea as far compatibility with software is required. Reasons:

1. Win9x just doesn't cut it anymore - many apps (incl. system diagnostic utils) want a better OS to run on.

2. A crippled win98 running from CD with no registry modification or system-file write access - **** HELL!

BartPE is your best bet - include the XPE plugin for an explorer interface. And then a lot of apps run fine on it. And with some thoughtful moments, you can even figure out a way to have what you find to be difficult right now.