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QUESTION: Can I load Win 98 to CDR and Boot from it????

NICKel

NICKel

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Load Win 98 or Me to a single CD and boot it ..... In cases where you might want to get access to the HD or for an emergency? I have heard this is possible....
 
here. I havent taken the time to do this. I have also heard of windows PE (forgot the link) and it is supposed to boot to a somewhat limited version of windows xp. And of course there's always knoppix.
 
You can't do that with any of the standard versions of Windows because they have to dynamically write data to the Registry.

You might be able to get around it if you managed to load the Registry into a RAM drive and make Windows read from that, but Windows always reads Registry files from a fixed position.

There are also many other files that Windows makes changes to every time you load it. Again, unless you acn get them to run in a RAM drive, it is impossible to do.

Windows also does not dynamically load drivers nearly as gracefully as Linux can.

As with gentobu's advice, if you want to load an OS from the CD, the best choice at the moment is Knoppix, which is virtually feature complete.
 
Ok I am a bit confused .... I looked up KNOPPIX ... and it is a linux distro ..... I sounds very cool but it is not Windows. Would I be able to to a hd transfer to save my old /windows directory?
 
Don't people make boot floppies anymore?
Can you burn a copy of your current Windows directory and boot it? No.
You can make an image of the drive and store it on CD but you need the imaging software to restore from that CD.
With a boot floppy and a backup copy of your registry you can fix just about any windows problem.
 
I looked up KNOPPIX ... and it is a linux distro ..... I sounds very cool but it is not Windows.
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Because it's virtually impossible to do what you want with Windows.

Would I be able to to a hd transfer to save my old /windows directory?
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The answer depends on all the criteria you didn't mention, but normally yes.
 
I have an idea. I wonder if I could load WinXP on a DVD-RAM and boot from it? I could format the DVD-RAM as Fat32. I have no idea if this would be possible but since DVD-RAM can be written to like a hard drive the dynamic writing isn't a problem.
 
Originally posted by: Codewiz
I have an idea. I wonder if I could load WinXP on a DVD-RAM and boot from it? I could format the DVD-RAM as Fat32. I have no idea if this would be possible but since DVD-RAM can be written to like a hard drive the dynamic writing isn't a problem.
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No there's a thought... Anyone try this yet...

 
It would depend on if the DVD-RAM drive needs OS drivers/apps to write to the disc, or if it can write natively.
 
Originally posted by: Tarfin
It would depend on if the DVD-RAM drive needs OS drivers/apps to write to the disc, or if it can write natively.
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Well I know it takes drivers to format a DVD-RAM but I don't think writing takes drivers.

 
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