Setting up a Virtual PC on XP from a Windows 98 image taken

You need to convert the image to a VHD. Assuming it is in RAW format - if not you'll need to convert it - you can create a VHD of the same size, and then carve out the header blocks and cat them to the front (I think it's front, been a while) of your image.

There are tools.

Try this one
http//www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9715&st=5

But of course this (and similar tools) is for a RAW .img.

HOW did you create the .ISO

I have a 2GB ISO image taken from an old Windows 98 machine.

Iso image of WHAT?
"taken" with which program/method?

jaclaz

Thanks for your help.
I have a Windows 98 whole disk image (about 2GB) created by ProDiscover. ProDiscover can covert its proprietary image format to ISO image format or raw dd format. I will try to work on converting raw image to vhd format.

OK.
I converted the proprietary image format to dd (raw) format. The dd format image works with ftk imager, and I can see all the Win98 system files, including the MBR, FAT, and Root directory.
I converted the dd format to vhd format, and created a Win98 virtual machine with the hard disk image.
When I started the Win98, it showed the following error on the dos console
Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device.

Looks like the raw2vhd did not work properly, or the original image was at fault?

Finally I made it work.
The original image did not work, so I got a hold onto an old hard disk with Win98. I create a dd image from the entire disk. Then, I used the VHD tool from Microsoft to conver the dd image format to vhd format.
I setup a Win98 virtual machine with the virtual harddisk, and now it works.