If you simply want to experience Windows 98 (play old games, run old software), It is unstable and incompatible with modern hardware.
: Your machine must support "USB Boot" or "USB-HDD" in its BIOS settings. Step 1: Prepare the USB Drive boot windows 98 from usb
Modern graphics cards (NVIDIA RTX, AMD Radeon) do not have drivers for Windows 98. The installation might complete, but you will be stuck at 640x480 resolution with 16 colors. If you simply want to experience Windows 98
Insert your USB drive and select FreeDOS under the "Boot selection" menu. run old software)
Now that the USB is bootable, we need to copy the Windows 98 installation files onto it.