xp cd will boot / erase / format but heck below out... http://www.bootdisk.com/ boot from usb drive here and other stuff http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm boot images for all systems
and lets not forget you can dual boot http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ partition logic and format/earse/ and create partitions...best of all its bootable and free -tripplite
Just wanted to let everyone know that my use of Win 95 was successful in that I was able, with an old tape deck and old software that I bought, to retireve data from three 12-year-old tapes. I will use DoIso and imgburn in the future, rather than Nero, as they seem much more easy to use. thank you all for your great input. Regards, Hans L