Need a Windows 98 Floppy boot disk

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:27

Can anyone help me? Im building a mid 90's gaming PC (beige) but I need a floppy win 98 boot disk to install Win 98 on it though and very surprisingly I can't find one anywhere. Not even the flea bay. Can anyone help me? I could pay postage to me and a little beer money and then post you it back?

andicole0 · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:29

Try www.allbootdisks.com.
Andi.

something daft already!! · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:29

https://www.google.com/search?q=win...1.69i57j0l2.9615j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:35

Images I can find. Unsurprisingly I have no access to a floppy drive

andicole0 · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:37

beany_bot said:
Images I can find. Unsurprisingly I have no access to a floppy drive

So how are you going to use the disk?
Andi.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:39

andicole0 said:
So how are you going to use the disk?
Andi.

On the retro PC, it has a disk drive but no OS or anything yet. Hence I need to give it the boot disk

something daft already!! · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:42

Bootable USB? Is that possible?

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:56

Nah no USB on it sadly

something daft already!! · 3 Jan 2019 at 16:57

You can pick up a USB floppy drive for less than a tenner. Could be worth getting that to create the disk on your PC from an image.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:05

something daft already!! said:
You can pick up a USB floppy drive for less than a tenner. Could be worth getting that to create the disk on your PC from an image.

I thought about that. Then looked at the price of blank floppies.... £25 for a pack. Nah.... Would rather give someone a tenner for posting me a boot disk if I can.

tnx · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:29

I am going to be setting up my Abit LGA 775 machine this weekend, will be messing with an old bit of software. I have a floppy drive and some floppy's hanging about. If you really want somebody to make you some boot discs I'm sure I can help.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:35

tnx said:
I am going to be setting up my Abit LGA 775 machine this weekend, will be messing with an old bit of software. I have a floppy drive and some floppy's hanging about. If you really want somebody to make you some boot discs I'm sure I can help.

I would appreciate that mate. Happy to send beer money.

tnx · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:43

I work nights so wont have the time till Friday but more like Saturday. I will get things sorted out with my machine, get XP installed and get some discs made.
Been a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time since I have done this so I will have to refresh my memory and read up on it.

It will be my pleasure mate. No beer money needed but thanks. Happy to help.

I will reply on here when done and we can go from there.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:46

tnx said:
I work nights so wont have the time till Friday but more like Saturday. I will get things sorted out with my machine, get XP installed and get some discs made.
Been a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time since I have done this so I will have to refresh my memory and read up on it.

It will be my pleasure mate. No beer money needed but thanks. Happy to help.

I will reply on here when done and we can go from there.

Too kind!

tnx · 3 Jan 2019 at 17:48

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

3 boxes of floppy discs found....We are half way there..

This is gunna be fun.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 18:02

tnx said:
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

3 boxes of floppy discs found....We are half way there..

This is gunna be fun.

The sound it's going to make writing them will be pure porn.

paradigm · 3 Jan 2019 at 18:40

Windows 98 will boot from CD, no real need for a floppy. It's how I installed 98SE on my two retro builds.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2019 at 18:51

paradigm said:
Windows 98 will boot from CD, no real need for a floppy. It's how I installed 98SE on my two retro builds.

I've tried and tried. Must be my mobo but it wont work, needs a floppy

Big Frank · 3 Jan 2019 at 19:26

I'm sure I have spare floppy disks. Just an fyi if you need.

tnx · 3 Jan 2019 at 20:02

Well so much for waiting.... The excitement got the better of me.

Old machine out of the loft, XP is loaded up and the floppy boot discs are being made as I type.

From the link in post #2 there are 4 Windows 98 boot images, I will do Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE.

Do you think you'll have a need for any others ?
Have you got a Windows 98 cd ?

I have one some where. Will have to dig it out and an old IDE drive too and give the floppy a whirl.