I tried installing version 3 and have the same exact problem as with version 5, whatever harwareconfig I use. I'm guessing it simply is not possible to go from a physical windows 98 machine to a VM at this point. I've tried with VirtualBox, VirtualPC and VMWare. Windows 98SE on VirtualBox (with video and audio drivers) (updated March 2019) Why do this? If you feel nostalgic for a bit of Windows 9x action, or you just want to play some old games that are between DOS and Windows XP, you can either build a retro PC gaming rig, or you can test the water with VirtualBox.
Since this is now became a common request by many, I decided to write a tutorial about Windows 9x (95/98/98SE/Me) usage on VirtualBox. Forenote: Windows 9x is not officially supported by VirtualBox team, which means, that it lacks Guest VM Additions, and it runs slowly, because VirtualBox is not optimized to run Win 9x.
Virtualbox Windows 98 Video Driver
Windows 98 Virtualbox Image
It seems like every tutorial on the internet describes how to install from an iso file. I don't want to do this because I don't have an iso file and I don't want to pay for a program to extract the iso from my windows 98 cd. Poweriso free version only allows a file up to 300MB to be extracted from disc. My copy of 98 is much larger than this. I can't figure out how to boot from a live cd and install the os from disk in virtualbox. Is this even possible without the iso file? Windows vista upgrade advisor for xp download. I'm doing this for my dad who just got an old windows game for his birthday. I feel bad for him that he can't play it. Any help is appreciated