So I guess the next question is why won't VMware recognize the floppy drive? The choice for floppy when selecting is just, which is *not* auto-detecting the USB-connected floppy drive A. Step 17 Select the ISO file you downloaded to your computer from the table below the article and click Open. Once at the web site, click Portables click Libretto 50ct click L50utils.exe to download the file L50utils.exe to the DOS directory. Windows 95 (3.5-1.44mb) RTM English: 24.75MB: 19: Windows 95 (OEM) (3.5-DMF) RTM (OEM) English: 22.35MB: 5: Windows 95 (OEM) (ISO) RTM English: 359. And I don't think that will work anyway, because the floppy-based W95 Setup writes to floppy Disk 2. After configuring the virtual hardware settings, select the optical drive to add the Windows 95 ISO file to the guest machine, and then click the CD/DVD icon and then choose a disk file. Microsoft Windows 95 Drivers Floppy Disk Bundle 50+ Asus, Sony, Diagsoft Brand Pre-Owned Top Rated Plus Was: Previous Price99.99 From United StatesCustoms services and international tracking provided +22.65 shipping mach64 Windows 95 Driver /MPEG Player 3. But I was really hoping that I don't have to create 13 CDs from the 13 floppies. But I went the CD route because VMware doesn't seem to like my USB connected floppy drive, so I decided to do everything via CD. My guess is that it wants a Disk 1 (floppy), not the CD, because the boot CD was created from a floppy. When I remove the boot CD (created from a floppy) and put in the W95 CD, Setup keeps asking for Disk 1 or the CD - it does not recognize that the W95 CD *is* in the drive. Click the New icon and follow the Wizard to create a Windows 95 VM. It asks for Disk 1 (floppy) or the CD-ROM. Step 1: Click the above links to download a Windows 95 ISO file.

I was able to format it and do a DIR on it - thanks for that idea! The bad news is that Setup doesn't want to install from the W95 CD. The good news is that the 1GB HDD is recognized.

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