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How do I make a Windows boot disk under DOS???

1. Enter the Command subdirectory under the Windows 98 directory, then run the Bootdisk.bat batch file. After running it, it will prompt you to insert a formatted floppy disk. Press Enter, and a boot disk will be created very quickly.
2. Make your own universal boot disk

First use the Format A:/S command to make a bootable boot disk. Run the commands as follows:

Format A:/S
CD \Windows\Command
Copy mscdex.exe A:\

After that, find the universal CD-ROM driver files from some tool CDs, such as Ide.sys or Cdrom.sys, and copy that file to the root directory of drive A.

Then you also need to make the two files Autoexec.bat and Config.sys, as follows:

First make the Autoexec.bat file:

C:\>Copy con Autoexec.bat
a:mscdex.exe /d:cdrom1 /l:j
^z (press Ctrl+Z to finish editing)

Next make the config.sys file:

C:\>Copy con Config.sys
device=a:\ide.sys或者cdrom.sys /d:cdrom1
^z (press Ctrl+Z to finish editing)

After making these two files, boot from this floppy again and the CD-ROM drive can be loaded.

To make a Windows boot disk, you need the corresponding version of the WIN files. For example, if you want to make a Win98 CD boot disk, you can look at related posts in the forum such as “Win98 Run Directly from CD.”