Support for direct access to files in Win95/98

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

What I have always appreciated about DosBox is the ability to use an existing real windows folder as C, consequently, having all the files accessible from the host system.
When I try to instal windows 95/98 I am forced to create a static size img file.

I would like to:

• variable size disks based on content, and with the ability to create snapshots (like classic virtual machines).
• that DosBoxX would natively take care of transforming disk calls to the format windows likes even using a folder and not an image
• to have ready-made, in the various languages, installations of the main operating systems, preinstalled, on a par with Dos

What you want

• variable size disks based on content, and with the ability to create snapshots (like classic virtual machines).
• that DosBoxX would natively take care of transforming disk calls to the format windows likes even using a folder and not an image
• to have ready-made, in the various languages, installations of the main operating systems, preinstalled, on a par with Dos

Describe alternatives you've considered

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[Torinde]

Comments on your bullets:

• check if Enhanced Dynamic and Differencing VHD support #4273 (comment), your requirements
• same request as can't save to a folder mount #5313 ?
• there are Guides on how to install Windows and https://mendelson.org/win31dosbox.html, somebody (yourself?) can make similar bundles for other Windows versions, but I assume those have to be separate projects/hosted elsewhere and not inside DOSbox-X itself.