

Go to BIOS and see if you can boot off your USB stick Unplug the device and plug it to your to-be Windows 9x machine. Then copy the folder onto your flash device.Īlso copy the drivers and software you need to the folder SW on your USB flash drive Open your Windows 9x image and extract the image contents to some folder ISO (you could use your archiving app for this matter, too, not just UltraISO). The image burning should take ~5 minutesĬlose UltraISO, open it back again.

It seems like FreeDOS mainstream requires on the machine to support some extended CPU command set, not always found on legacy hardware.

WINDOWS 98 RUFUS ISO INSTALL
Install UltraISO (trial version will do). The newer 32+ GB sticks aren't always recognised by older BIOSĭownload FreeDOS legacy, Windows 9x image, UltraISO. Note: You'd want to use a 2-4 GB USB stick. The workaround to boot off USB will be posted, but it might be easier to just stop at this point if the computer cannot. The guide generally assumes the computer can boot off your device. Feel free to contribute, as it's likely imperfect This probably isn't the only possible solution, but the only one that worked so far.
