But let's say you can boot on USB. And need to get drivers onto the HDD for later use. You can boot something like UBUNTU then copy the files to the HDD.
Keep in mind that you do have a lot of legacy area to recall. I decline from duplicating the web about what you have to edit in config.sys and autoexec.bat but if this is just a file issue, you can boot up from USB and copy in the needed drivers.
Frankly USB back in those days was very hard on even seasoned techs. Many struggled and it was trial by fire who survived. We can chat about those days but as there is no more Windows 95 machines I will not be able to provide a tested setup. I strongly suggest you connect the CD drive on IDE like we used to.
Bob
I need to get some CD-ROM drivers into Windows 95 (they didn't install correctly). CD-ROM God appears to be the option I have. However, I don't have a floppy drive on my Windows 95 computer. I CAN, however, boot from USB. Could someone help me here?
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