As techies may have seen from my recent posts, I am having a bit of computer fun(!).

Three things.

1. Is there a way to clone my W98disc to a partition on my main or slave hard drive so that I can run Windoze install from there? It might be quicker, and it likely would avoid the problem of failing to read or find necessary files. I say this because I have seen it said in a computer mag, but I can't figure out how to do it and keep all the necessary hidden files that are actually on the Windoze CD.

2. I have at least two other copies of W98 that came on install/restore discs specific to the computers and mother boards they came with, both of which computers and boards have long since been headed for the scrayard. One ran a PIII733 (my daughter killed it) and the other a Duron 800 (I blew dust off the motherboard, and must have spat at the same time as there was a nasty pop and burning smell which even ate the PSU an hard drive as well as the MB and probably processor!). I can't run the discs themselves as they will I suspect just write a drive image that will be full of wrong drivers for the wrong bits. Is there any way to get at the Windoze install routine on its own, or are those restore discs just coasters now that the motherboards they were for are scrap?

3. I know the PIII733 and the Duron 800 CPUs are a bit long in the tooth, but is there any easy way to check them to see if they would work if I put them in something?