Recovery CD, etc..

[rdc]

Make a bootable cd with  NERO and with the win98 or winme floppy as boot image and you can insert  as last line of the autoexec.bat  setup ,   simply setup without a driveletter .On the same cdrom copy the win98 or winme cd .
This should let you setup without a floppy disk .This will not be an unattended setup .

[Twinkie]

If you edit your autoexec on the bootable CD to launch NTFSDOS Pro during boot up you can edit any NTFS partitions like standard FAT partitions.  NTFSDOS is free and grants you read access only.  The Pro version is what you need for write access on any NTFS partion.  Pro costs $$ though.  Works very well.

[jbraddoc]

K you know how like when you buy a new computer, and it comes with the Restore CD. and when ya stick the bugger in the PC, and boot it up, it Loads like a menu thingy to select what you want to do, can Ghost do that? BTW i have Ghost Enterprise 2002 heheh

[Anonymous]

Yes, Ghost can do that. The only thing about Ghost is that you don\'t have too many options with an image.

[Genial]

I use a virtual machine called vmare workstation.

It allows me to have virtual computers on my main OS which is win2k.  Presently I have win95/98/nt40/2k/XP and mandrake linux.

I am able to test any software and should my virtual computer crash all I have to do is reinstall it or better yet I have a back up copy of all the virtual computers on CD and should they crash I just restore the files to there rightful folders. easy as that.
Actually I use the virtual machine to allow mean to test software that I have written in the above OSs I just easily transport the code via the virtual network between the host and the virtual computer.

check out the company\'s website if you are interested in purchasing it \"www.vmware.com\"

[The_Flames]

I find VMware unstable and slow, have you tryied virtual pc, it\'s quick, and i find it more stable

[DavidVT]

VMware is not perfect, but if I find it\'s performance with the HOST running Linux redhat 7.2 is far better than with the HOST running any MS products.  I am not a linux guru and it took me awhile to get VMware working in that environment.  Now that I know enough to start VMware on my Linux partition, I am quite happy!

I\'ve run W2000 server in a virtual window.  It brought my old Dell 300 to it\'s knees, but the darn thing worked great and allowed me to create a virtual but fully functional BDC for my domain that we can keep in a file.

Can\'t wait to try this on my new 1.7, should be interesting.  I am in here trying to figure out the best way to scoop the image off my new Compaq before I put power to it and allow the proprietary sw to initiate the hard drive.

Like above, I keep my bare virtual systems on CDroms and just reload from CDrom when I trash an operating system.

I\'ll try virtual when I come across it. The whole idea of flexibility with this OS on any virtual generic PC (vm or other)  is just fantastic!

[Twinkie]

Depending on how advanced you want to get...Yes.  

Easy way edit the Menu in config.sys and add the extra\'s into your autoexec.  Place floppy into a: and burn a bootable CD using floppy emulation.  That is a really over simplified explanation, I know.

Second Option: Use barts diskemu prog.  You can do all kinds of really cool menu options with his.  His site also provides great insturctions on how to use it.

Link to Bart

Click my name to go to my site.  Check out the \'ME 9X\' section for some example config and autoexec edits.