I want to install Windows 3.1 onto my computer using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. The first thing I discovered was I needed DOS, so I downloaded Version 5 which I believe was about when this OS was released. After this I manage to boot from the floppy disk containing Win3.1. I Choose Express Install (recommended). Windows then tells me it cannot create the folder WINDOWS on drive C. From what I can tell, I dont appear to have a drive C on my Virtual PC. How do I create a drive C what Windows can install to? Much appreciated.

what type of partition are you using in your virtual machine? You must have a FAT16 partition.

start the virtual machine wizard, lie and say that your going to install os/2 it's very similar to windows 3.x. it should give you 16mb of ram and a 2gb virtual hard drive, that is the max for fat 16 go ahead and create the virtual machine, now you need an ms-dos boot disk or image file, then start the virtual machine attach the floppy image or disk and reset the virtual machine from the file menu, let it boot into dos type fdisk at the command prompt and press enter create a primary dos partition use the entire size for it and make it active, exit fdisk reset again boot into dos type format C: at the command prompt and press enter then proceed to format drive C and you should then have a fat 16 C drive to install windows on.. Attach you windows install files medium cd floppy disk image what ever change to that directory then type setup press enter and proceed to install windows. Note that your dos boot disk should have cdrom support.. I forgot I just setup my win 3.x virtual machine and you need this s3 video driver other wise after setting up windows you may get a video driver failed to load error, the driver also gives you 256 colors. http://wh2ioa.bay.livefilestore.com...