DIRECTIONS BELOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95 OR DOS AND WINDOWS 3.1/WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS.
Imagine, taking your OS with you without getting the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Just plug it in the USB port of the computer and start working or having fun. This can be done with windows 95 also, but it’ll be like running it off a Tandy or old IBM!!
All you need is an IDE or USB Zip100, 250 or 750 drive and the disk. Don’t mis-match the disk or drive cause it won’t work.
If your computer can boot off the USB ports on board, then plug the drive in, insert the disk and restart your computer. Make sure you got an old Windows 95 CD + boot disk (with CD-ROM drivers), DOS 5.0, 6.0 or 6.22 disks and Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 disks.
1. Insert the boot disk (windows 95) or first DOS disk in DRIVE A: (primary floppy drive).
2. Wait till you get the prompt (DOS setup screen for DOS disk. If you don’t wanna create the undo/backup disk, exit setup and type SETUP /? and look for the option to bypass it. Run the setup program with that command. Example: SETUP /G)
3. Proceed with setup of windows 95 (you’ll know how cause I don’t have to).
4. DOS users, make sure the zip disk is detected as drive C: or you might wreck your windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP or Vista installations.
5. Ensure DOS or Windows is installed to drive C: (the zip disk).
6. Proceed with the instructions provided with setup in windows 95, DOS users will have to insert all 3 disks to complete setup and reboot their PC WITH THE ZIP DRIVE AND DISK still plugged in.
7. DOS users have to setup Windows for Workgroups/Windows 3.11 by inserting the disk in the A: (primary floppy drive) and type: A:\SETUP
8. Go through the setup with defaults, accepting the current configuration. MAKE SURE ZIP DISK IS DRIVE C:!!
9. Windows for workgroups/windows 3.11 will prompt for each disk to get to the GUI part of setup, which will allow you ease of use for the rest of setup.
10. Once you get to the GUI part of windows setup, windows for workgroups will attempt to find your network card, then show you “Select components” screen, same with Windows for Workgroups. Click OK, proced with all defaults. Once you get to the Virtual Memory screen, click CONTINUE or OK. You don’t have to install a printer, just click OK or continue if your prompted.
Once setup stops prompting you to insert disks, restart the computer and THERE YOU GO, you’ve got a portable, take anywhere Operating System.
DOS and windows … DOS and windows will always be compatible with each other, like win95, 98, me, nt, 2000, XP and vista. I just installed it on the zip drive after having it plugged in the on-board usb port, which over-rided the BIOS detected hard disk. Just make sure it’s formatted as FAT16, not fat32 cause DOS 6.22 or earlier won’t boot.
dosbox is superior, … dosbox is superior, i can run anything off of it, and it works for linux and mac as well. and dos and windows stopped being compatable with each other after 95, after 95 its a dos emulator not real dos, so you cant run dos programs on it.
Really? I ran a … Really? I ran a true DOS 3.0 program titled Prince of Persia on windows 98 and xp. That program once ran on my (sorry, you’ll never see the computer again) Epson machine.
Specs were:
1MHz 8086 processer
720K RAM
21MB MFM Hard disk
5/4″ 360k A:
3′5″ LD floppy drive B:
Epson keyboard
128k Serial (9 pin) VGA Graphics board
25 pin COM port, No mouse support at all
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 pm
did you have to …
did you have to take any steps to do this
like make sure the two were compatible
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
DOS and windows …
DOS and windows will always be compatible with each other, like win95, 98, me, nt, 2000, XP and vista. I just installed it on the zip drive after having it plugged in the on-board usb port, which over-rided the BIOS detected hard disk. Just make sure it’s formatted as FAT16, not fat32 cause DOS 6.22 or earlier won’t boot.
January 20th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I madec a windows …
I madec a windows 3.1 bootable cd 3 years ago, do a search for miniwin 3.1 on google,download the package and go from there.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Dos and windows …
Dos and windows wont always be compatible. it’s just emulation now.
January 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pm
dosbox is superior, …
dosbox is superior, i can run anything off of it, and it works for linux and mac as well. and dos and windows stopped being compatable with each other after 95, after 95 its a dos emulator not real dos, so you cant run dos programs on it.
January 31st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Really? I ran a …
Really? I ran a true DOS 3.0 program titled Prince of Persia on windows 98 and xp. That program once ran on my (sorry, you’ll never see the computer again) Epson machine.
Specs were:
1MHz 8086 processer
720K RAM
21MB MFM Hard disk
5/4″ 360k A:
3′5″ LD floppy drive B:
Epson keyboard
128k Serial (9 pin) VGA Graphics board
25 pin COM port, No mouse support at all