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Installing Windows 95 from flash drive?

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August 14, 2013 5:19:27 AM

I have tried repeatedly to use a slipstreamed (CPU fix) Windows 95 installer without a floppy drive. I used a flash drive as the boot disk and a CD in my drive for the media, but it never works. Could I copy the install files and boot from the flash drive to install?

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August 14, 2013 6:15:45 AM

95, WHY?
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August 14, 2013 6:20:14 AM

darkbooton said:
95, WHY?

I have a very picky game installer that only wants Windows 95, and anything newer hates all games in the series (ESPECIALLY in compatibility mode).
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August 17, 2013 11:50:12 AM

It is possible. When setting your flash drive as a boot disk make sure you use an image of your Windows CD. You should be able to boot right into DOS from your flash drive and install where-ever from there. No need to use multiple drives really.

Another thing you should be able to do (feasibly) is try mount your cd drive from your dos bootdisk (what I'm assuming is on your flash drive).

I did the same thing years ago for kicks just straight from a flash drive. Killed some time.

Hope that helps, cheers.
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August 18, 2013 1:07:00 PM

I actually hunted down a bootable iso on WinWorld and installed from that, but now I can't get it to detect my CD-ROM drive, which prevents me from installing other missing drivers from the Windows CD AND installing my game. It's a LITEON. I know how to get files in and out (UBCD + Flash Drive) but not how to get drivers installed. Help?

EDIT: Found a working driver...that also brings up a "Windows Protection Error". It may have undone the CPU fix, but I don't know what file(s) it changed.
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