Windows 95 Original on a CD?

Peter

Is it possible? (Or am I insane?)

I've tried before, but I haven't succeeded. (fail)

Q

You'll have to stick it all in the CD root and make it bootable in a way that the CD is A:\ on startup, because I think that's where it looks for the CABs.

-Q

Peter

Okay. I have the CD. How do I make the CD bootable?

Q

Add the DOS boot files and (somehow) make it a bootable disk, how I don't know.

-Q

JackTheStripper

Doesn't need to be bootable. Use a DOS bootdisk with CD-ROM drivers.

Q

Peter wrote:

How do I make the CD bootable?

I was just (attempting) answering his question.

-Q

TCPMeta

With Nero you can use a bootdisk or a bootdisk floppy image and make the CD bootable. Or you can mix and match the Win95 OSR2.1 files with the Win95a files. It's hard to explain but theres a few files you can edit and change what files go on what floppy but also you can make it to all be on one storage device.

Peter

Steve wrote:

Doesn't need to be bootable. Use a DOS bootdisk with CD-ROM drivers.

I have a DOS bootdisk and CD drivers, but that won't help any. (Asks to insert disk and refuses to continue, even if the path is drive D and the files are all there.)

JackTheStripper

That is odd. I put my floppy version on CD and it installed.

But........Maby my floppies were just the CD version devided up onto floppies...... I can't remember where I downloaded them from.

Peter

Uh - Which version do you have?

Slash

Use any bootable floppy... what's the problem?

wingzeroismine

I use Cd-mate to make bootable cds with floppy images, you could use a 95 boot disk and have a cd burn with that as a bootable image.

Slash

Or you may fit more than one windows version and make a multi-boot CD!

nightice

Which is exactly my plan...

Peter

Uh - I was hoping not to download the giant files... And is there any helpful freeware?