Windows 98 Boot CD download this ISO!

July 6th, 2007 by Anthony Curreri

I made an ISO of my Windows 98 Boot CD. I needed it yesterday, and I couldn’t find it online anywhere.

Download the Windows 98 Boot CD!
Note: This will not install Windows 98, only boot to a DOS prompt.

Update: This is NOT the installation CD! This download will not allow you to install Windows 98. This is a CD copy of the Windows 98 boot floppy, which will allow you to issue DOS commands to help you format/partition drives in preparation of an install. If you don’t know DOS commands and if you don’t have the Windows 98 installation files, this will not help you install Windows 98.

To burn the file to CD:

I used Alex Feinman’s ISO Recorder to create the image. You could probably use any tool to burn it, but Alex’s is pretty awesome. It adds right click burn to image power in Windows XP!

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100 Responses to “Windows 98 Boot CD download this ISO!”

on 02 Dec 2009 at 6:20 am abdou

thank
on 13 Dec 2009 at 12:20 pm nome

there is it
on 16 Dec 2009 at 2:24 pm Zhenya

thank
on 03 Jan 2010 at 11:16 am Philip

Thankyou
on 18 Jan 2010 at 2:31 pm Poomex

Thx a lot man! I really needed that!
on 20 Jan 2010 at 8:36 am vishnu

thank you
on 18 Feb 2010 at 11:23 am Kian M

Thank you so much. Really needed this.
on 15 Mar 2010 at 1:36 pm Adam

So how is this supposed to work cause it just takes me to a DOS command prompt.
on 15 Mar 2010 at 1:41 pm Anthony Curreri

That’s perfect. This is just a boot disk, on a CD. The idea is that you get a dos prompt so you can run the utilities like fdisk to prepare your hard drive for Windows 98 Install. This CD image does not contain the Windows 98 system (is that what you were expecting?)
on 20 Sep 2010 at 3:19 pm Kyle

So basically this download sounds like when you are buying the tires for a car you don’t yet have but you know you have the money for it (the car).

Am I the only one confused at the logic or lack of on this download here?
on 20 Sep 2010 at 3:20 pm Kyle

I am not trying to be mean or anything but am trying to understand the purpose of this download from reading Anthony’s comment about his dos command prompt problem and it caused me to realize that analogy.
on 20 Sep 2010 at 3:31 pm Anthony Curreri

This is the recovery floppy that came with Windows 98. It boots to a command prompt and lets you run 12 year old recovery tools. This is useful to some. If you don’t know what this is, it’s probably not useful to you.
on 07 Oct 2010 at 3:07 pm The Ressen

I was looking for it, I’m needing it right now. Thans thanks for the work!!! I’ll test it and solve my PC problem.
on 15 Oct 2010 at 11:57 pm emad

thanks
on 23 Oct 2010 at 8:00 am tamzin

this download is crap it messed up my comp and brought me to a DOS command prompt
on 24 Oct 2010 at 10:26 pm Anthony Curreri

Remove the cd from your cdrom drive and reboot your computer. Your computer should boot properly.
on 18 Dec 2010 at 2:23 am Akshay

thank you par ise format kaise karte hai
on 06 Jan 2011 at 5:41 am Anonymous

thank you for this iso image
on 13 Apr 2011 at 4:13 pm Anonymous

Thanks
on 16 Apr 2011 at 4:49 pm Anonymous

Awesome thanks. Now I just need the cab files.
on 29 Apr 2011 at 10:23 pm why

SO DUMB
obviously if you had no idea why this is here.. then for the jebus sakes just keep your mouth shut or ask a question rather then hating on something you have no idea about
on 17 May 2011 at 10:49 am ghany

thanks
on 02 Jun 2011 at 7:54 am Gracias

Thanks you saved my day.
on 06 Jun 2011 at 2:01 am John McFadden

Well Done and thanks. Just found this page after making my own EBD. Currently writing a plain and simple document to explain to to people WHAT an EBD is! and how to use it safely.
on 10 Jun 2011 at 12:11 pm wana guna

Matur nuwun (Java, Indonesia)= thank you
on 19 Jun 2011 at 10:52 am Mobeen

Thanks for this!

@Kyle, if you don’t know why it’s useful you probably don’t need it. I found it useful …
on 20 Jun 2011 at 5:18 pm Holly

Nice one, worked a treat. Partying like it’s 1999!
on 24 Jun 2011 at 7:43 pm deki

sewun pisan coy ?
on 12 Jul 2011 at 9:05 am tee

thanks a lot mate…
couple of years on and ur still helping
on 20 Jul 2011 at 4:41 pm Ernst Otto

thx a lot, i ts make my day good
on 22 Jul 2011 at 12:26 pm bk

weach
on 02 Aug 2011 at 4:51 am sa

thanks a million, you are a lifesaver
on 20 Aug 2011 at 2:11 pm Thank You

Still useful to boot in PCs which have CD copying problems. I open and add Windows 2000 or XP files to the .iso, burn the CD, boot it, copy the files to hard disk (after usual partition and format), and run winnt.ext to install.
(Leave lots of time for the install, but it works.)
on 29 Aug 2011 at 1:23 am jason

thanks a lot men
on 08 Sep 2011 at 3:27 pm dodo

You save my life!!!
on 09 Sep 2011 at 9:08 pm Isaac

What code do you type in it says banana
on 11 Sep 2011 at 5:48 pm Anthony Curreri

That depends, what are you trying to do?
on 12 Sep 2011 at 6:04 am Anonymous

thanks
on 12 Sep 2011 at 10:49 am fplanzer

Muchas Gracias!
on 13 Sep 2011 at 2:59 pm Gareth

OMG!!!! Thank you so much. You saved my life with this upload dude. downloaded in 20 seconds and my pc is 100% now!
on 14 Sep 2011 at 1:15 pm Anonymous

Danke schoen
on 14 Sep 2011 at 1:16 pm Anonymous

dank u wel
on 14 Sep 2011 at 1:18 pm Anonymous

you’ve rescued my system!
on 15 Sep 2011 at 4:03 pm Anonymous

many probably assumed this would allow them to boot the Windows 98 disc. While it does allow you to use fdisk. It maps your CD rom drive to A and your floppy to B, even once partitioned with fdisk, no attempt to read the C drive ever worked as it was considered invalid and there was no way to read the windows 98 CD rom due tot he fact everything ran from the Cd rom drive. There was a reason we needed the Floppy And the disc back then, and now if you have one Cd rom drive this will not work. You still need a boot floppy to use the CD. Otherwise thanks for this, as it does allow you to do some things with no floppy that wasn’t easy any other way!
on 15 Sep 2011 at 4:08 pm Anthony Curreri

It’s been a while since I’ve used this, but I as I recall A and B are RAM drives… the CD loads the floppy disc image into RAM. You should be able to remove the boot CD after the system is booted, and put in another CD and read that. YMMV though, I guess.
on 18 Sep 2011 at 5:27 pm goblam

Thanks a lot this is the software im looking for!
on 18 Sep 2011 at 10:09 pm Aton Haber

Thanks a lot!

You saved my life
on 30 Sep 2011 at 8:38 pm Anonymous

Hatur Nuhun (West Java – Indonesia)
on 14 Oct 2011 at 3:54 am dogan

tankyou
on 23 Oct 2011 at 4:05 am Panzer

Thank you sir.
on 31 Oct 2011 at 8:50 pm KOH

THANK
on 14 Nov 2011 at 12:52 am kamal

hi anthony
i didnt find it helpful …may be cuz of lack of knowledge but i could not able to find win98se file there …how to find this file ???
so that i can copy that file to C: and boot the same

help would be appreciated
on 14 Nov 2011 at 10:01 am Anthony Curreri

This CD does not have the Windows 98 setup files on it. It’s been so long since I’ve actually installed Windows 98 that I definitely can’t provide instructions on how to do this from memory. I’m going to update the post to make it more clear that this is not the Windows 98 installation CD.
on 21 Nov 2011 at 2:11 pm Some Guy

This was a Huuuugggeee help. Thank you so much!
on 02 Dec 2011 at 5:08 am keith

Thanks a million, has just helped me no end and has taken me back years!!!!!
on 05 Dec 2011 at 1:23 pm tonilynn

Thanks so much…. just what I needed!
on 05 Dec 2011 at 11:49 pm Nick

Shazam
on 08 Dec 2011 at 11:25 am FBF

How stupid are some people? I needed this disc for an old PC i was playing with.
on 12 Dec 2011 at 8:41 pm enalec

thanks, this is what I want
on 20 Dec 2011 at 3:44 am @kleavs

thanks
on 22 Jan 2012 at 11:55 pm mijos

thanks a lot !!!!
on 24 Jan 2012 at 7:15 am Thanks for the gitf

Great tool: if you are restoring a Windows 98 operating system into a computer with no floppy disk, you NEED this CD. It lets you boot rhe computer, run a DOS version that sees the CD, and prepare the disk drive before you install the operating system (that is, make the partition and format the disk drive). Then, once the disk is formatted, you will be able to install Windows 98. If you use 98SE (second edition) then the operating system handles USB drives. This lets you use old Windows 95 programs (like games) on that computer. NOTE: Windows 98 stands for Windows 1998. That is, it can be too old for your needs and, in some cases, it could be too advanced for your Windows knowledge
on 25 Jan 2012 at 6:31 pm dossman

Thanks Dude!! now I can clone drives on the ‘puter without a floppy…. )
on 31 Jan 2012 at 2:20 pm compaq® presario® 1244 cm2000 series

what do i do if it says os not found when i try to boot w/ out disk but gives dos w/ disk?
on 31 Jan 2012 at 3:22 pm Anthony Curreri

If you had a computer that was working, and now it’s suddenly saying “OS Not Found” you probably have a bad hard drive. A computer repairman might be able to fix it, or restore some of your data… and he might not.

Since you have the Windows 98 Boot CD anyway, boot from it again. Try to type in: “C:” at the prompt, and press enter. The prompt should change to c:\> on the left. If you get an error message, then you can be pretty sure that the drive is corrupted. You can try the commands: “chkdsk c: /f” and “fdisk c: /mbr” These might fix the problem, might do nothing, or might make the problem worse. Try at your own risk.
on 05 Mar 2012 at 6:09 am Rhodan

Thank you very much Anthony – i wanted to make a virtual windows 98 with wmware, so i can play my old games, like might and magic, again. And i was facing the problem that i had no diskdrive anymore.
on 05 Mar 2012 at 1:29 pm Alfred

Thanks!
on 07 Mar 2012 at 4:13 pm Gmm_

Fuck!!!
This is diskette, but i need the install bootable CD. ?????? ????? ??????????? ?????? ????????
on 07 Mar 2012 at 4:33 pm Anthony Curreri

You burn the .iso file you download to a …CD… then you can boot off of the CD. That sounds like a bootable CD to me. What is your trouble?
on 09 Mar 2012 at 9:23 pm SAS

Trying to install win98 in VMWare and can get to boot from the iso as mounted ide drive. Just can’t access the CD that has win 98 on it… Can’t afford to lose the hair that I’m losing with this project.
on 18 Mar 2012 at 4:00 am Marcos

Cheers!!
on 29 Mar 2012 at 9:19 am Arnold Baker

Making a VMware Win98.

Boot using this ISO. fdisk the c drive and then shut down. Choose another windows VM and connect this c drive as a second hard drive. then copy the Windows 98 setup CD into a folder on the drive.

Shut down the other VM and open the Windows 98 VM. boot and enter the folder you copied the setup files to, type setup.

Works great!
on 02 Apr 2012 at 9:03 am Jim

Thanks, exactly what I needed!
on 16 Apr 2012 at 6:31 am toti

Thanks!
on 01 May 2012 at 9:59 am Albert

I love this CD
Can’t believe all the stupid unnecessary comments I just read about this.
I got a question:
I have a hard drive that had Linux installed on it.
I removed all the partitions and created one with 16MB so Y can boot from it.
Restarted and then ran Format C:/q/s/v
The machine won’t boot from C:
It shows a GRUB and does nothing else.
Any suggestions from higher level geeks?
on 01 May 2012 at 11:03 am Anthony Curreri

My mother used to say “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.” So, I try to be nice! haha

You just need to do an fdisk /mbr This should wipe out the master boot record (erasing GRUB). Then format the drive again to be sure.
on 02 May 2012 at 2:37 am Albert

Anthony.
You saved my day!!!

Thank you.
Old School DOS will never die.
on 04 Jun 2012 at 11:37 pm Nai Aun

Thanks
on 16 Jun 2012 at 9:02 pm zac

thnx
on 18 Jun 2012 at 11:50 am Sondre

Thanks dude
on 02 Aug 2012 at 11:11 am collinsk

i have run out of options.
i have a Compaq -c9j0988
16MB RAM
1GB HDD.
CD ROM.

It won’t boot from a CD since it appears to have no Bios.

I tried to make the 1GB HDD bootable using Flashboot s/w with HDD external attachment, but when i start to install win 98,95 i get an error : you need atleast 16MB, yet i have 16MB !!

I just bought a few floppy disks, i have downloaded you image,
am gona put all my eggs in your basket

T -H -A -N -K Y-o-U !
on 03 Aug 2012 at 3:20 pm rcentros

Excellent. Thank you. (Clicked the ads.)
on 13 Aug 2012 at 4:22 pm aidid

so men , i need a win 98 system istaller.iso, please do something for me ….
on 13 Aug 2012 at 4:24 pm Anthony Curreri

I don’t have the Windows 98 installation CD, sorry.
on 05 Sep 2012 at 7:12 pm jjtoca21

Cool, TNX! big help
on 12 Sep 2012 at 12:29 pm steve

top man just what i wanted
on 19 Sep 2012 at 11:28 am Billy V

Fucking Awesome Thanks
on 24 Sep 2012 at 12:01 pm Dennis

I have a Windows 98 bootable floppy, but after booting, drive C is invalid. I want to be able to access drive C to run CHKDSK or other utilities to try to fix the problem booting off of C. I don’t want to reinstall Windows or format C, which I couldn’t do anyway since drive C is invalid.
on 24 Sep 2012 at 12:04 pm Anthony Curreri

Sounds like you need a different tool. Try one of the disk check utilities on the Ultimate Boot CD: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
on 11 Oct 2012 at 7:31 am Butterfly

As my floppy drive no longer works, using your boot CD was the only way I could
re-install Windows 98 SE. Many thanks for this resource.
on 24 Nov 2012 at 11:12 am Rahul

I have downloaded windows 98 SE iso image from torrent for my old computer system. If I burn that image to CD and install will it works.
I have currently debian minimal intslled on the system.

Please do reply ASAP.
Thank you.
on 24 Nov 2012 at 1:59 pm curreri

First of all, Windows 98 is not free software. I’m not sure it’s for sale anymore, so if you don’t already own a copy of it I’m not sure how you would legally obtain one.

Secondly, the bootable iso which you can download from this page is for prepping a system for install… meaning you will need to format a drive or partition. If you don’t already have an empty drive or partition, you can add a harddrive or you may be able to use a program to shrink your linux parition. I believe Ultimate Boot CD has a utility for this. After you’ve done that, you’ll need to set up grub to dual-boot Linux and Windows. This process is complicated. Google can help.
on 26 Dec 2012 at 1:40 am roop

Thankxxxxxx
on 07 Feb 2013 at 6:20 pm Anonymous

thanks a lot dude, i need this boot, with this i can fix my clients computer and @tamzin, dont comment at all, your comment makes us computer guys embarrass by what you are saying!! you are a piece of CRAP!!! it says that this is a “Windows 98 Boot CD” NOT AN INSTALLER!! YOU F@CK!!!, FYI!!! many like us guys who know to “FIX” our computer need this you @SS-h0LE!! IF YOU WANT A INSTALLER THEN FIND A “INSTALLER!!! YOU F@CK!!” and do us a favor shut your F@king mouth and read once in awhile, jezz!!! you make me sick @tamzin.
on 10 Feb 2013 at 6:09 pm Scott

Much thanks, I have a client box with win 8 on it and he was threateing to toss it out a 5th story Window and buy a MAC, this will help me format out his drive and get the Win 7 installed and salvage a good customer. Microsoft has blowen it big time stuffing Win 8 down peoples throat, they are going to loose a boat load of loyal customers if they don’t figure out a quick u-turn on this OS.
on 20 Feb 2013 at 10:56 pm noa

thank’s for save my old comp…
on 27 Feb 2013 at 12:51 am Tit4taT

Funny reading through your replies,people thinking that they have acquired a 98 OS!Regardless,any ideas how to transfer it to a USB flash drive – would be really handy – realise it needs to be turn into a ISO file,but, HOW?
on 27 Feb 2013 at 11:23 am Anthony Curreri

I’ve never tried to create a bootable usb thumb drive, but I googled and this looks pretty good:
http://www.isotousb.com/
on 12 May 2013 at 8:06 am Mark

Ok, here’s my problem. Got Hp Compaq 1598DT. Had too much crap on it and was becoming slow and unresponsive so I thought best thing would be a fresh install of windows. I changed the boot order in the bios to read cd first and then formatted the hard drive which was successful. Now my problem begins. When I turn on the laptop it says wrong system disk. I Cannot enter the bios, from what I’ve read I think the bios in on the hard drive and now its formatted it’s gone. I’ve downloaded this boot disk and burnt the iso to disk and put it in the old HP Compaq. Still comes up with the same error message not valid system disk and I still can’t get into the bios to check to see if it is reading cd first. Just want to install win 98 back on to it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mark.
on 12 May 2013 at 5:20 pm Anthony Curreri

I googled and found this link:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-HP-ProBook-EliteBook/BIOS-in-Compaq-Armada-1598DT/td-p/638442

Sounds like you are right, these compaq’s had a diagnostic partition on the hard drive that needed to be in place. That is horrifying and I’ve never heard of such a thing before. The last post on that link has a .txt attachment with instructions that hopefully will help you.

Anthony Curreri

solving problems in Seattle, WA

Windows 98 Boot CD download this ISO!

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