Hi! Ed,

On Sun, 02 Feb 14, you wrote to me:

 EV> 1. I still have the two CD's that came with my Windows95 laptop that
 EV>    has a failed HDD in it, and I was wondering if since the box is
 EV>    ususable could I use those disks to install a W95 VM on my XP box?

This is the plan I'd go with.  In the end, I think you may need something
with a network function that would be easier than shuffling floppy disks. 
Plain ol' DOS just can't do networking, without extreme trial &
error... I know of _one_ guy who has done it.

If you want to go with this option, email me and I'll send some PDF 'notes'
on how I did it with Win98SE.  If you install Win95 then you have to option
to 'Restart in DOS mode' with the next-to-last best MS-DOS ever.

(I like Alan's answer too.)

Cheers,
Paul.

... It's Monday!?!  I want a recount.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox