There's no need to mess with floppy drives, cds, or virtual machines to get your Win9x (or DOS 7.1) machine up and running. With this cool trick, you can get your machine up and running in no time.
You can find my $4 XT-IDE project at https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep...
Things I used.
My favorite IDE to SD Adapter - https://amzn.to/3MjxS97
Laptop version - https://amzn.to/45ThB1o
Quality 32GB SD Cards - https://amzn.to/3SgTo20
Quality 128GB SD Card - https://amzn.to/40ehYCK
My favorite SD Reader - https://amzn.to/3tPnijU
Software
SD Image - https://archive.org/details/dos-71-wi...
SD Writer - https://etcher.balena.io/
MiniTool Partition Wizard - https://www.partitionwizard.com/
3d Printables
My 5.25 drive bay - chonky - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:628...
Reinforced slot bracket - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:476...
Relevant Videos -
$4 XT-IDE - • The $4 XT-IDE Board
DOS 6.22 SD - • How to Install DOS 6.22 to an SD Card...