#Win 3.1 iso download install

At this point, all we’ve got access to is a floppy drive. The following versions: 3.1 and 3.0 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. This free program is an intellectual property of. The default filename for the programs installer is WindowsISODownloader.exe. You're more likely to be able to find 3.1 or 3.11 than 3.0, and it will probably be on 3.5' floppies. Windows 1.0, if you can find it at all, will likely be on 5.25' floppies. I used oakcdrom.sys, a generic CD-ROM driver. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as virus free. I don't think you're going to find any ISO files either, although you might be able to find copies on the internet somewhere eBay perhaps. If you have an MSDN account, you can download a zip file with the installation files inside it, package them into an ISO image using Folder2Iso and mount the image.ĭOS doesn’t support CDs right out of the box, so we’ll need a driver. (a generic CD-ROM driver that will work with the majority of all IDE CD-ROM drives) A driver to enable CD-ROM capabilities, such as oakcdrom.sys.Software capable of packaging files into an cd (ISO) image, such as Folder2Iso (freeware).Software capable of packaging files into a floppy disk image (may end in FLV, IMA, etc), such as WinImage (30 day free trial).An instance of DOS 6.22 running in a virtual machine.When that’s done, power off the virtual machine.

#Win 3.1 iso download install

I decided this week to install Windows 3.1 on a virtual machine. You can also run Windows games on your Mac using Porting Kit (free), or Crossover (14-day trial). Mac user should definitly use VMWare Fusion to run install Win 95/98/XP, choose free / personnal edition. Like the fact that the pen drive in my pocket is 10x bigger than the largest hard drives 15 years ago. Running Windows games under Linux can work surprisingly well, we have a dedicated tutorial here. Every once in awhile it’s interesting in a nerdy way to check out some legacy technology and… I dunno… reminisce about the old days and how far we’ve come or some crap like that.