My plan is to use a program that will allow different operating systems to be installed on one hard drive by using four primary partitions. I discovered it's best to start with my Windows 3.1 install.
Windows 3.1 was originally released on April 6, 1992; official support for Windows 3.1 ended on December 31, 2001, and OEM licensing for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on embedded systems continued to be available until November 1, 2008.
Installation is simple. I have a six 1.44 MB floppy disks which makes the install. By running setup.exe from the DOS Shell the welcome screen will appear with directions. It will prompt you through a few screens in which I chose Express Setup. This will automatically configure the recommended settings for most users.
Once Windows is installed the desktop looks as follows:
The Program Manager is basically a shell program running on top of DOS 6.22. It's very much similar to the DOS Shell that I installed earlier. It's a MS-DOS graphical-shell-turned-operating-system.
Like modern Windows operating systems, Windows 3.1 has a bundle of tools and applications. The necessary apps for tweaking the system are located in Main. This holds the File Manager. It's a hierarchal file system stucture that allows easy access to all folders, sub-folder and files.
This can be seen in the following image:
The Main window also holds the Control Panel. This has various tools for changing the desktop appearance or making adjustments to various components of the system. The window can be seen here:
There are installed applications available in the Accessories window. Such as Write and Paintbrush. Paintbrush is still in use today (obviously upgraded) and I'm using my Windows 7 version now to re-size and crop these images. The Accessories window can be seen in the following image:
After this install, a new Audio folder appears in the Program Manager with some useful tools. These can be seen in the following image:
The most important tool for me is the Mixer Control. This is where the sound level can be set and by going into Options in the menu and choosing Save Settings On Exit, the start-up chime (the default tada in this case) will remain at the level chosen.
Windows 3.1 was originally released on April 6, 1992; official support for Windows 3.1 ended on December 31, 2001, and OEM licensing for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on embedded systems continued to be available until November 1, 2008.
Installation is simple. I have a six 1.44 MB floppy disks which makes the install. By running setup.exe from the DOS Shell the welcome screen will appear with directions. It will prompt you through a few screens in which I chose Express Setup. This will automatically configure the recommended settings for most users.
Once Windows is installed the desktop looks as follows:
The Program Manager is basically a shell program running on top of DOS 6.22. It's very much similar to the DOS Shell that I installed earlier. It's a MS-DOS graphical-shell-turned-operating-system.
Like modern Windows operating systems, Windows 3.1 has a bundle of tools and applications. The necessary apps for tweaking the system are located in Main. This holds the File Manager. It's a hierarchal file system stucture that allows easy access to all folders, sub-folder and files.
This can be seen in the following image:
The Main window also holds the Control Panel. This has various tools for changing the desktop appearance or making adjustments to various components of the system. The window can be seen here:
There are installed applications available in the Accessories window. Such as Write and Paintbrush. Paintbrush is still in use today (obviously upgraded) and I'm using my Windows 7 version now to re-size and crop these images. The Accessories window can be seen in the following image:
Re-installing the sound card drivers
Everything works well with the install, but there isn't sound. When I installed the sound driver for the Sound Blaster, I chose only a DOS install. In order for the sound to work in Windows 3.1, the install disks must be run again. This time when prompted, I chose to install the drivers in the Windows folder.After this install, a new Audio folder appears in the Program Manager with some useful tools. These can be seen in the following image:
The most important tool for me is the Mixer Control. This is where the sound level can be set and by going into Options in the menu and choosing Save Settings On Exit, the start-up chime (the default tada in this case) will remain at the level chosen.
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