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Lets say you do not know what parts are in the computer, you are not out of luck since there are Diagnostics programs out there, a free one is EVEREST Home Edition, this will tell you what is what in the computer!

One of the most important things is too make sure the CD is going to load to install the operating system, even my Pentium 3 will not boot off a CD (I never tested this mother Board though).
 If a system came with a restore disk it will require the same Bios that the disk came with, if you have a restore disk it is a hunk of junk that will not let you upgrade the computer with a new mother board & a restore disk will even slap trash on your system you may not want, it would have all the drivers for the cards that came with the computer & it is possible for the restore disk to have improvements over a stock Windows Install CD.
 To create a Win9x floppy boot disk grab you Windows Install CD & run this:
Control Panel>Add Remove Programs>Starup Disk
 Another way to create a Boot Disk if you can not find your Windows Install CD is get it off the web from some site such as  Bootdisk.com
Creating a Boot CD:
You are going to need a ISO Image of the Boot Disk!
If you are trying to create a Windows XP Boot CD:
1. You will need to get out your Windows XP installation CD
2. You will have to grab the hidden ISO Image called Bootable CD, this will not show up in Windows Explorer, you will need a Image program such as IsoBuster, fire up IsoBuster & have it open up the directory called Bootable CD & save the Image to your hard drive (you will see a file with the extension .img on the CD)...
3. Now if you are running Nero Burning Rom you are in luck since it knows how to handle the Image, you should now have the Image saved on your hard drive...
4. Fire up Nero & open the saved .img that is on you hard drive, Nero can copy the CD but it is a different method, to copy a CD you just hit the copy button.
 Now lets say you want to add more files to the Image, you are going to need a program such as IsoBuster, you would open the Image & hit the Add button

Okay, now lets say you want to create a DOS 6.22 Boot CD
1. Grab your DOS disks...
2. Fire a a Image program such as IsoBuster, create a new Image file & grab the contents of the floppy disks & add them to the Image, save the Image in ISO format, rename the file extension from .iso to .img (you will have to do this in a DOS Window, (MS-DOS Prompt)& open it with Nero Burning ROM & you are on your way!

Since you have made it this far there is little more you need to know about creating a Windows 95 Boot Disk, Windows 98 Boot Disk or how to create them if you have a Real Windows Installation CD, you just have to get the CD Rom to work so you can run setup.exe

In DOS to rename the file extension from .iso to .img you can type in:
ren *.iso *.img

DriverGuide Toolkit v1.1
DriverGuide Toolkit identifies and lists drivers installed on your computer and, when connected to the Internet, allows you to search DriverGuide.com (and other sources) for driver updates and manufacturer sites. In addition, it allows you to backup your currently installed drivers for safe keeping. Backing up your Windows driver files means that they will be available to you the next time you need to reinstall the driver or the whole operating system. DriverGuide Toolkit places the driver files in one organized location of your choosing. DriverGuide Toolkit is especially helpful in situations where you have a computer in your possession and the internal hardware is unknown. DriverGuide Toolkit can identify the hardware on the system and the associated drivers, back them up to a specified location, and find the latest driver updates for them. DriverGude Toolkit is even network compatible - you can just as easily connect to a remote computer on your network, backup drivers, and find updates!
www.driverguidetoolkit.com

I hope this helps folks out there.
  Have a good one everyone!
FileGod