Ryan from Everything is broken garage shared this useful tidbit of news for fans of retro PCs that need to install Windows 98. I know lots of people end up using the image from winworldpc, and that's fine if you want authenticity but I can't explain why or how but, that image has failed me on occasion.

Enter this github project:

a set of tools and python script to prepare a lean and mean windows install, whether it be on a CD, a USB stick or from a minimalist floppy disk. Tons of choices for tons of situations. They also have a prepared disc on archive.org with already chosen options.

They claim it makes windows installation between 60-90 seconds sometimes! I have got to try this out!

Let's have an install race!

Speed running windows installs is a thing...

And here I've just been doing it via batch script to copy the cabs/run setup with the various skip flags enabled...