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Chuck Norris would know LPC
This was taken out of Windows XP, but is still in Windows 98 and below.
in windows 98 its start,run,command. or you can boot into ms-dos by going to start,shutdown,restart into ms-dos.
It took mine 20-30 seconds to boot up
In Windows 98, LO.SYS is a real-mode driver used during the boot process to provide support for 32-bit file access. It allows the system to read files during the boot sequence that are greater than 512 MB in size and is a required component for booting the operating system.
Io.sys win.com msdos.sys
You'll need to set up at least two boot partitions on the "C:" drive, one for XP and one for 98. Then you'll have to get a boot loader that lets you select which OS you want to boot.
DBAN does not run on Windows 98. It is run as its own operating system. To run DBAN, you must configure your computer to boot from a CD or DVD.
Windows NT is advance technology than Windows 98. Hence when you boot your computer using Windows NT you will be able to all FAT32 partition. However, If you use Windows NT file system like NTFS than you won't be able to access this from Windows 98. As Windows 98 can only access MS DOS/FAT32 kind of partitions.
Distributing a Windows 98 CD is definitely illegal. However, judging by the numerous copies of MS_DOS out in the open, it appears that distrbuting MS-DOS boot disks is legal, as long as the downloader has a legal copy of Windows.
Windows 98 startup disk has some useful utilities and can be used to repair Windows 98 without any additional drives. A floppy which was created by format A s, just have loader, and couple system files to be able to boot MSDOS.