When you get a "Can't read file" error, you'll usually swap in the next numbered disk and hit enter. Windows 3.1 can still be installed from these images, it will just require more disk juggling. I got ahold of this version of Windows 3.1 from a CD image instead of floppies, so I had to convert them to floppy images myself, and not all the files fit on all the disks (there should only be 6 disk images but there's 7 in this tarball). The version of Windows in this tarball is 3.1 - not Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (for that, download it separately from my MS-DOS page). WQGHLT to make Windows not consume 100% CPU (Floppy Image).DOSIDLE to make DOS not consume 100% CPU(Floppy Image).I have some downloads for the following things: You can download everything from my MS-DOS page. Last edited by Nintenloup on 13 April, 02:36, edited 2 times in total.For a limited time only, files for installing MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1! Translated from French ( Comment installer MS-DOS 6.22) To optimise it, you can run memmaker, you will not regret it. Voilà, you successfully installed a very stable os. The installation will continue and when finish, restart your computer. You will need to confirm the choice by pressing Y. Some exception might occur, but for normal desktop, vga will be the one to take. Now that your choices are made, you will have this:Ĭhoose your type of graphic adapter. Install that one too it is really useful. MS-Dos Shell: a "gui" that will help you managing your folders.MS-DOS 6.22 Network Files: Install only if you are going to do some networking in dos.Additional MS-Dos Utilities: Some useful utilities from DOS 5.0 that are not present in the 6.22 version.DRVBOOT.BAT: is a really useful batch file that gives you the possibility to make a compress boot disk, thus with more free space.You can install those, it cost nothing and it could be useful. KBDBUFF.SYS improve the buffering speed of the typed keys on the keyboard and ISO.CPI provide you an other font for dos, but specifically made for lcd screen. Put your keyboers in DVORAK mode which is a type of keyboard specifically studied to make English typing better. Keyboard utilities: Tools to improve your typing experience.AccessDOS: Those are accessibility tools, to install only if you have coordination disabilities and they are also hard to configure and useless for the others.When finish, the computer will reboot and you will finally have the dos command prompt C:\>įor the rest of the installation with the fourth floppy, it will be just below this topic. Once validated, you will have an installation screen and you will be prompted to put the other diskettes, like in the picture below:īy now, it will be really easy. Now, choose where you want the non-bootable dos files to be installed, C:\DOS is the by default directory. Your next menu should be like the one below. While being here, check if the time and date are ok. If you are in an another country than the one in the options, just change it to your appropriate location and keyboard. Now, and even if you didn't had the previous screen, you should have this screen: Press enter, the pc will reboot and format the hard disk drive. After a couple of seconds, you should have this: Open the next one, put a second disk and so on.Īfter that, go to your new old pc, put the first floppy disk in it and boot the computer. In the menu "Folder", click on close "image" and "Open". This will format the floppy disk, copy the files and check the operations.
In the menu "Disk", choose "format and write floppy". You can open the files with Winimage ( Floppy Image 1.5.2 is a free alternative): Once downloaded, go in the directory where it was downloaded and you will have, after decompressing. The set is made of 3 floppies and one with complementary stuff. First of all, you will need to download the diskettes images of Ms-DOS. It could look hard to do at the first glance, but in fact, there is no need to be a computer wizard. The solution is simple, you need to reinstall dos. So, you don't know anything about Ms-DOS and/or you just got an old pc and, unfortunately, there is a problem.