Marco wrote on 2025-02-10, 21:42:

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Hello all

I want to reinstall my windows 95B on my drive D but I don’t want the install Programm to modify any boot files on drive C as I have set up dual boot etc etc.

Just to save time and trouble redoing it.

Is there any way of doing that? One thing that comes to mind is temporarily replacing my drive c with another drive right. But maybe there is smarter way via install options etc etc

Thank you

What if you image the MBR on drive C with 'dd' (Disk Dump). Just grab the first few sectors from your device before Windows installation modifies it with something like (don't use this exact command) sudo dd if=/dev/rdiskX of=~/mbr.bin bs=512 count=40 and then just rewrite that after completing the Windows installation to restore what you had to start with?

edit: I realize after writing that Windows could in fact modify more than just the MBR. Still, I'd just backup the system files (c:\command.com etc.) - let Windows do what it thinks is best, then restore the backed up copies.

Use a tool like BOOTMGR from BTTR Software to do the dual boot. It lets you copy the MBR to a file so you can restore it later after Windows assimilates it.

Great. Good ideas. I will try both.

Thanks & Regards