W982e Bootable image?

[numa at thenuma.com]

I have OEM versions of Win95, win98, 98se, me, and NT4.0 that ALL are
bootable cds.  True, the win95 didn't always work with the drives that
were being used at the time, but with modern drives it boots right up.

> Actually they did.  It was only on the Windows 98 SE version, and didnt
> come out till after WinME was released. I was working on a project with
> Win98SE one time and went to CompUSA to buy 5 copies (about 2 years
> ago). Put in one of the CD's and put in a boot floppy.  I was shocked
> how fast the floppy was moving and booting till I finally figured out it
> was booting off the CD. :)
>
> None of the OEM/Retail versions that I've seen before that booted off
> the CD.
>
> Dustin Decker said:
>> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
>>
>>> My install CD of Windows 98 seems to have become corrupted.  Anybody
>>> have an  ISO of a bootable second edition install CD that I could
>>> download?
>>
>> I was not aware that Microsoft had ever released Windows 98 in any
>> edition  with a bootable CD.  I could be wrong, but I suspect you may
>> have been  using a system restore disk from a computer manufacturer if
>> ever you have  seen this behavior before.
>>
>> You will need a 3.5 floppy to boot off of for that OS.
>> Dustin
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