Hi carthinain:

No floppy drive at all, eh?  This just gets more
and more complicated, doesn't it?  It's possible
that your computer can boot from a bootable CDROM
disk if the boot order is set properly in the BIOS
setup.

I can't speak for the Gateway "Restore" disks, but
genuine MicroSoft Win95 CDs were NOT bootable. 
Perhaps the Win98 disks were, but I am not
familiar with Win98 installation disks.

If you are managing to get to a DOS prompt somehow
and need help with DOS commands, I can recommend
this little tutorial:
http://www.networkclue.com:80/os/Windows/learning-DOS.aspx

Note that in DOS, commands must be typed EXACTLY. 
For instance, there is a difference between a
"slash" ("/") and a "backslash" ("\").  If you
want to work on a folder called "C:\DUMMY" and you
type "C:/DUMMY", DOS isn't going to do anything
but sit there and pout.

Jerry

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