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Problem:

iMac running OS 9 and Windows 98 inside of Virtual PC 4. Virtual PC starts, but Windows 98 will not boot past the splash screen. Vital data must be rescued from the 1GB+ Virtual PC file.

Solution:

  1. Connect iMac to network
  2. Insert SLAX CD
  3. Open Virtual PC 4. Make sure booting from CD and networking are enabled for your Windows 98 virtual PC.  📺
  4. Start Windows 98  📺
  5. Slax will boot. Login as root and then type mc to start Midnight Commander.  📺
  6. Navigate to the file(s) to be recovered in the left pane (C: will usually be found at /mnt/disc0part1), and open an FTP server in the right pane.  📺
  7. Copy desired data to FTP server.

created: 2005.02.10