re: Question about 'How do I store files on floppies that are too large to fit?'
Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 3:59 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Oh_dear
(1415 messages posted)
When Win95 was released, CD drives were not common and Microsoft provided Win95 either
on CD or on a large set of floppies - like 29 I think. Each floppy had a defined
set of files, equivalent to a CAB file (more or less). The setup script then worked,
prompting you to insert each file in order. (It was like doing DOS and Windows 3.x
which took about 10 floppies total) Even then, for Win95, Microsoft had to use a
trick to fit some of the files onto a single floppy (by using space normally not
accessible). For Win98, the floppy idea was dropped - too many floppies and files
too big for a floppy.
Using the zip file approach, I would estimate 14-18 floppies are required, depending
on the degree to which files can be compressed. So you could try again, zipping
the \Win98 folder from the CD to floppies, then unzippping them to \Win98 folder
on that laptop. Then you should be able to run setup from the \Win98 folder on the
laptop drive.
On Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 2:11 pm, Randy wrote:
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>How then does it work with Win95? I actually began copying the Win98 CD to floppies
>using winzip and it was HUGE!! I stopped it after about 10 floppies were filled
up...
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