[Cialug] WOT: Locating Windows 98 ISOs?

[chris rheinherren]

I do have an old Win 98 disk somewhere actually. I would have to dig it out.

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
> Google Search:  "Windows 98" filetype:iso
>
> There are a few seeders over on PirateBay.
>
> I don't see any first edition copies on Usenet.
>
> Scan the hell out of whatever you download:  ClamAV, Kaspersky,
> MalwareBytes, AVG, Avira, etc.
>
> Since MS cancelled their legacy programs, I don't know of any ways to get a
> legitimate copy.
>
> (To defray any snide comments, I have to play in the pirate space these
> days to protect my own and my clients' intellectual property.  Leak
> detection and whatnot.)
>
> -Josh
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Nathan C. Smith <NSmith at hhlawpc.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all who have responded so far.  The data is actually in a
>> proprietary program and we no longer have access to the installation
>> sources.
>>
>> I'm hoping to run the program and save the data we need.
>>
>> It Looks like it is actually plain Windows 98, not 98 SE.
>>
>> Thank you everyone.
>>
>> -Nate
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jeffrey Ollie
>> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:22 AM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] WOT: Locating Windows 98 ISOs?
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Nathan C. Smith <NSmith at hhlawpc.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Sorry for being way off thread with this question but knowledgeable
>> people are where you find them.
>> >
>> > I have a win 98 machine that I need to get some information out of.  The
>> hard disks were dying so I did a P2V on it and now It is asking for drivers
>> from the disk when it starts.
>> >
>> > I'm unable to locate a win 98 disk on site.  I'm not sure if it is
>> Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE.  Does anyone know a reasonably reputable place
>> or way I could source a Win 98 ISO?
>>
>> Do you actually need to *run* Windows 98?  You should be able to mount the
>> virtual drives from a Linux system and extract the data you need that way.
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Ollie
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