First post, by britain4
Tearing my hair out trying to find the info I need to be able to do this and I cannot so I thought I'd start a new thread. Apologies if this has already been covered somewhere but I can't find it.
I understand the most efficient way to install Windows 9x is to copy the setup files over to the HDD and then run the setup from a DOS prompt. That I am clear on, but...
I have a few machines that have neither a floppy nor a CD drive so these would require a bootable copy of DOS loading onto the drive from another machine, along with the 9x setup files then transfer the HDD over to the system in question and run the setup from there.
What's the best way to do this? Can I just copy the DOS files over to the hard drive and it just be bootable or is it required to run the DOS setup to make it bootable?
If the latter is there any way to run the DOS setup from a modern PC and a USB to IDE adapter or would I be required to install it the "normal" way using floppies on another machine that does have them?
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