windows 95 on floppy disks

Three ways to load win95 without a CD come to mind, each has it's benefits and problems.

Floppies:

download the Dos version of winzip,
pkz204g.exe is the latest and last version.

On the machine with a CD-rom, open the Dos prompt, and run the following command line

c:\pkzip -& a:\windows.zip x:\win95\*.*

copy pkunzip to the computer without the CD-rom, and unzip the files to a win95 directory.

To get specifics about commandline options, type pkzip /? and pkunzip /?

2nd Method, much more easier. If the computer without CD rom has a network card, set up a share on a computer that does. Connect to the shared computer, and simply copy the x:\win95 directory to the machine that doesn't have a CD rom, and run setup from whatever directory you put the files into.

3rd method, is to steal ( borrow ) a cd-rom from a machine that has one, open the case, connect the cd-rom long enough to copy the x:\win95 directory from the CD-rom to the hard drive, then replace the CD-rom before it's owner misses it :_

Timewise, method 3 actually is the quickest, provided you know the mechanics of adding a CD-rom ( setting master/slave jumpers ). Use the Win95 or a win98 boot disk to access the CD-rom, format the hard drive, and copy the files.

One more possibility is to go into the Win95 directory on the CD and copy the .CAB files to floppies. Each .CAB file should just fit on a 1.44 3.5 floppy. The SETUP.EXE, and a couple of smaller .CAB's (PRECOPY.CAB and something else - it's been a while) should fit on a single floppy. That's the floppy you start with.

Hope this helps...

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