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Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« on: April 02, 2010, 07:09:47 PM »
Is there a free program to create a partion on my usb and load the win 98 ISO on to my thumb drive so I can boot it. If so please give me the link to the download, if not is there another way to boot windows 98 from my thumb drive?
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2010, 07:30:31 PM »
Only if your MBoard supports booting to a USB drive...
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2010, 08:43:25 PM »
Yep. I have booted Ubuntu Linux from my thumb drive so I am positive it boots from usb's
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2010, 09:15:16 PM »
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2010, 11:18:40 AM »
Windows 98 Cannot be booted from a Thumbdrive, AFAIK.

This is because the system Blue Screens when Windows 98 Reinitializes the USB Controller; it therefore essentially "unmounts" the USB drive and the drive is unaccessible, therefore preventing the loading of anything else after that.

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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2010, 12:31:08 PM »
This one is a hardy perennial. You can't boot any modern MS OS from a removable drive. Period.
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2010, 12:32:39 PM »
Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 03, 2010, 12:31:08 PM
This one is a hardy perennial. You can't boot any modern MS OS from a removable drive. Period.


XP can be made to boot from a USB drive with a lot of effort. Hardly worth it though.
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2010, 12:33:38 PM »
Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 03, 2010, 12:32:39 PM
XP can be made to boot from a USB drive with a lot of effort. Hardly worth it though.

Not very stably from what I have heard. And doesn't it involve reverse engineering/slipstreaming, which breaks the MS eula and is therefore off-limits?

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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2010, 12:34:13 PM »
Method #2 works for me...
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2010, 12:35:57 PM »
Quote from: patio on April 03, 2010, 12:34:13 PM
Method #2 works for me...

For reliably booting Windows 98?
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2010, 12:53:21 PM »
Win2K...
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Re: Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2010, 01:12:21 PM »
really? Win2K installed on a pen drive?
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