Windows 98 Bootable CD

[wulf109]

Was Windows 98 ever available on bootable CD? If not is there a way to create a Windows 98 bootable CD,I mean to boot from CD drive like XP.

[rallynavvie]

What are you trying to do with it?

[johns0]

Yes,you should be abls to find a win98 boot image thru google.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Yes if you had a full version,my 98SE CD boots.
Google "make win98 bootable CD".

[wulf109]

I want to install Win98 on an old computer and don't want to use a floppy,I want to be able to install 98 just like I install XP.

[wulf109]

I Googled make win98 bootable cd and this seems to lead to various sites that tell you how to make a boot floppy. Is there a way to take existing win98 cd and create a Cd that will boot directly from the CD/DVD using no floppy.

[rallynavvie]

I can't recall if Win98 was able to install directly from CD or not. Do you not have a floppy drive on that PC to do the install? The boot floppy is only the interim required to get the install started from the CD. Otherwise it may be pretty complicated taking the existing CD and re-creating it to be bootable.

[Cornucopia]

Yes, there ARE bootable Win98SE CDs. I have 2 (sorry, not going to give them up.)

Yes, you can make your own (assuming you have a original Win98SE CD).

Here's one way: http://www.ntcompatible.com/How_do_I_create_a_bootable_Windows_98_CD-ROM_t23157.html

Another is to get WinISO. Make an ISO of the CD. DL a copy of the floppy boot image which you can DL from Bootdisk.com http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Make a new ISO that includes both. Burn it. Done.

Scott

[freebird73717]

http://www.ntcompatible.com/How_do_I_create_a_bootable_Windows_98_CD-ROM_t23157.html

Found with google in 3 seconds. Searched for "Create windows 98 bootable cd"

Uses nero for burning but you should be able to adapt it to use imgburn.

This uses imgburn to create a bootable win xp disc
You should be able to modify it to create a 98 disc.

edit looks like Cornucopia beat me to it while I was typing this up.

[wulf109]

These methods work by combining the boot floppy and 98 files on cd which works like the floppy method but combines them on cd and that works. What I aiming for was to boot directly to setup like an XP disk.

[MOVIEGEEK]

What I aiming for was to boot directly to setup like an XP disk.

You have two choices then:
1.Make a bootable CD.
2.Buy a 98SE CD.

[Cornucopia]

These methods work by combining the boot floppy and 98 files on cd which works like the floppy method but combines them on cd and that works. What I aiming for was to boot directly to setup like an XP disk.

I don't get what you're wanting.
The XP disc works the same way. It has a boot sector image which then passes off to the AUTORUN.INF of the CD. Just like bootable Win98SE CDs do. Just like what we're suggesting you build.

Do you not want to build one? You surely realize you can't burn a stamped CD, nor could you burn a boot sector into a non-bootable CD-R (if you're thinking of trying to "retrofit" them). Look on Ebay, then.

Scott

[bevills1]

To boot directly to setup all that's needed is to create an autoexec.bat file and include it in the root directory on the boot CD. I recently made such a CD which included Ghost 2003, but I chose to have mine boot directly to Ghost instead of Windows.