Bochs Install Windows 98
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Notes
You will need a copy of the Windows 95 boot disk.
Step 1: DOSBox Setup
Edit DOSBOX.CONF (the configuration file for DOSBox) and some of the lines with this code (if it exists):
output=surface -> output=opengl
vmemsize=x -> vmemsize=8
memsize=16 -> memsize=512
core=auto -> core=dynamic
cputype=auto -> cputype=pentium
cycles=auto -> cycles=max
voodoo=default -> voodoo=opengl
(this will be the end of DOSBOX.CONF)
[autoexec]
SET GLIDE=600
(add these after you have made WIN95VHD.img)
imgmount a '/path/to/Windows95b.img' -size 1,440
imgmount c '/path/to/WIN95VHD.img' -size 2097152
Step 2: Make the Virtual Hard Disk
Run this command for DOSBox Daum builds:
Z:> imgmake WIN95VHD.img -t hd -size 2048 -nofs
Or download the bochs tools, extract the archive, and run bximage.exe. Run the BXIMAGE.BAT under windows or wine to make an image. Here is the command for creating the image
bximage
Disk Image Creation Tool for Bochs
Bochs Windows 95 Image
$Id: bximage.c,v 1.32 2006/06/16 07:29:33 vruppert Exp $
Do you want to create a floppy disk image or a hard disk image?
Please type hd or fd. [hd]
What kind of image should I create?
Please type flat, sparse or growing. [flat]
Enter the hard disk size in megabytes, between 1 and 129023
[10] 2048
I will create a 'flat' hard disk image with
cyl=xxx
heads=xx
sectors per track=xxx
total sectors=xxxxxxx
total size=2048 megabytes
What should I name the image?
[c.img] WIN95VHD.img
Writing: [] Done.
I wrote xxxxxxxxxx bytes to WIN95VHD.img.
This command creates the Windows 95 Virtual Hard Disk Image which will be used as the target image for installation files. This file can be found in the same directory as 'DOSBOX.CONF`. If you cannot mount the image, use a folder instead.
Step 3: Boot the drive
After you have made the VHD and added the lines for AUTOEXEC.BAT, restart DOSBox. To boot the drive, use command boot to boot from a drive.
Z:> boot -l a
You will now need to partition the VHD. Refer to the Windows 95 Installation Guide Step 2 for how to use make partitions here. You will also need to format the partition, which is part of Step 2.
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Step 4: Getting the setup files
You will now need to get the setup files. Mount the WIN95VHD.img file we created earlier and copy the directory .WIN95 from the Windows 95 Disc. If you cannot mount the IMG file, then mount the cdrom drive as D, mkdir C:WIN95, and copy D:WIN95*.* C:WIN95. Start the Windows 95 Setup by using the commands:
A:> c:
C:> cd win95
C:WIN95> setup.exe /is
Do note after Windows 95 is ready to restart during setup, close DOSBOX, remove the floppy mount command and change the boot -l a to boot -l c. Information about setup is found here.
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You might want to download Windows 98 just to try out the operating system or to put it on a second computer at home. Windows can be expensive, so finding a place to download an older operating system like Windows 98 for free is an enticing thought.
Pretty much everything is available on the internet for free, right?
Windows 98 Download
There are several places online to download Windows 98 but none of them are legal. Windows 98 is not distributed online so there is no legitimate way to download Windows 98, even from Microsoft.
No matter where you find it, be it on a software download site or through a torrent website, any Windows 98 download you find online is illegal. In fact, downloading Windows 98 online is probably the last thing you want to do if you expect to get a clean version free from malware or bugs.
It's important to note as well that even if you did download Windows 98, what you would get is an image of the Windows 98 Setup CD. For example, you would probably download an ISO file like windows-98-se.iso, or something like that. You would then burn that ISO image to a CD that you would use to install Windows 98.
The only legal course of action when you need a copy of Windows 98 is to actually buy a new copy of Windows 98. It's that simple.
How to Buy Windows 98
One option is to find an untainted copy of Windows 98 online. However, given that Windows 10 is the newest operating system from Microsoft, and Windows 98 is several versions old, you might find it challenging to find a copy.
Your best bet is to buy Windows 98 on Amazon, but you might have luck other places, too, like eBay. Just remember that if you find a Windows 98 download on an obscure website, and especially if it's free or very cheap, chances are it's not a legal download and could contain viruses.
In many ways, however, what you actually pay for when you legally purchase a copy of Windows 98 is the product key (sometimes referred to as a CD key or key code, or incorrectly as the serial number). This unique number is required during an installation of Windows 98. So, even if you did download Windows 98, you would still need a valid Windows 98 product key to install and use Windows.
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There are ways to hack Windows 98 to make it work with a product key created from a keygen program, but that's definitely not a legal or safe way to get a Windows 98 key.
If you actually do have a valid Windows 98 CD but you're looking for your product key, there is a way to find it. See our article on how to find the Windows 98 Product Key for easy instructions.
If you do in fact have your Windows 98 product key but you're missing your Setup CD, you could argue that, since you did actually purchase Windows 98 and you have a valid product key, downloading a Windows 98 CD image from anywhere should be within your rights.
At this time, however, the only legal way of obtaining a Windows 98 CD is a legal purchase of the operating system. We suggest contacting Microsoft for a replacement Windows 98 Setup CD, assuming you can show proof of purchase. However, since Windows 98 is a retired operating system, you may have trouble doing that.
Windows 98 Alternatives
If you want to download Windows 98 because you need an operating system on your computer, know that it was released and available to the public in 1998, so it's clearly a very old operating system.
Since then, Microsoft has released several other versions of Windows with new features and improvements, so you don't really need to download Windows 98 when you can just pick from the modern options available today.
Windows 10 is Microsoft's newest OS, so if you're looking for the most up-to-date Windows version, you can download Windows 10. However, many people still use Windows 8 and Windows 7.