The times they are a-changin’.
This post seems to be older than 15 years—a long time on the internet. It might be outdated.
In my attempts to procrastinate homework, I decided to relive some childhood memories and install Window 3.11. I’d forgotten how much of a pain in the ass it was to install it.
First, you need a boot disk. This is actually pretty easy to get, just head over to BootDisk.com and pick the one you need. Then you need to fdisk and then format c:. These are the two critical steps that I always seem to forget, even Back in the Day™ when Windows 3.11 is what I actually used.
After that, it’s pretty easy. Pop in the MS-DOS disks and install that, then pop in Windows 3.11 disks and install that.
What amazes me is how fast it starts up. Including the BIOS, it takes 9.46 seconds to get into Windows. 9.46 seconds!!!
I’m going to try to get networking and Internet Explorer setup and installed…could be interesting.
For those who care, I’m doing this all in Virtual PC 2007.
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