Windows Boot Disks & CD's for 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2K, 2000, ME, 98, 95, NT and MSDOS Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Pro Windows XP Home Windows 2000 Pro Windows ME Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 95 Other Boot Disks What is a boot disk? A boot disk (sometimes called a startup disk) is a type of removable media, such as a floppy disk or a CD, that contains startup files that your computer can use to start Windows. The startup files are also stored on your computer's hard disk, but if those startup files become damaged, you can use the files on a boot disk to start Windows. In earlier operating systems that used the FAT or FAT32 file systems, such as Windows 95 and Windows 98, a boot disk was especially useful because it allowed a person to access files on a hard disk even if Windows was unable to start. This ability also represented a security risk, because anyone with a boot disk and access to the computer could start the computer and access any file.

Hard disks formatted with NTFS have built-in security features that prevent using a boot disk to access files. Note: if you are using Windows 95 and require CD-Rom support you should just download the Windows 98 boot disk. The Windows installation disk contains the files necessary to start Windows, so it is itself a boot disk.

Setup will now want to install Windows Components. Leave as default (Install the most common) and click on “NEXT” to continue. It is now time to create a Windows 95 boot disk. Remember this disk will have no CD-Rom drivers. If you don’t have one then leave as default and click “NEXT”, otherwise select “NO” and click “NEXT” to continue. Jump to Copy Windows Setup files to the hard disk - To do this insert the WINDOWS CD-ROM into the CDROM driver and then type in the following commands: MD WIN95. COPY D: WIN95 *.*. If you are using Windows 98 rather than Windows 95 simply substitute the numbers 98 for 95 in the.

If a problem is preventing Windows from starting, you can use the installation CD to start Windows. The installation CD also contains Startup Repair, which you can use to repair Windows if a problem prevents it from starting correctly. Startup Repair can automatically fix many of the problems that in the past required a boot disk to fix.Note: For Windows XP and later check out our guide to the. Cyclemaster Owners Manual.

It’s been much longer between my posts than I’d like. We had a re-org at work a little while back and now I’m up for another position that I’m waiting to hear on. It’s like a desktop administrator position but more. I have a bit of a nostalgia bug and I found my old copy of Windows 95 a while back. I’ve been wanting to install it in a VM so I could play around with it again and remember old times.