i get a backup cd from my friend that contain Win 3.1 (Disk1-6) and Win 3.11 (Disk1-8) but too bad my floppy disk (the drive) has some problem so i can't install it from diskette, so anyone know how to install it from HDD/CD-ROM? i've tried to install it, but it still request Win 3.1 installation disk #1 in drive E: (incase, E: is my CD-ROM drive)

thx

this is screenshot showing it :
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4916/win317zx.jpg

I believe that was the primitive form of copy protection back then. The installing software checks the disk label of each floppy as it is needed, so a copy of all the floppies to a CD does not work. I think it is possible to do a manual install. I haven't done a WFW3.11 install from floppy images for almost 10 years, maybe someone else remembers. (I use a Microsoft CD.)

I regularly install 3.x from cd and from a folder on the hard drive, just copy all the files into one driectory either on cd or in the hard drive, and run setup from that directory

Woof

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Each diskette has an identifying file (DISK1 etc) - I don't believe volume labels are used

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so can anyone provide a win3.1/3.11 "ready for install" (that don't have a problem like i currently have) for download?

thank's for woof that has email me for his link
but
the problem still same :( and i have use 3 CD's for experimenting that
so can you (Woof) make all those disk in 1 folder and ready for install?
or maybe a thing like "Microsoft CD" that wizard-fred has said before?

thx for all the answer's

When you have to choose between express/custom setup, take custom, not express...

I will mail you a link to the folder i use, ive zipped it up and i used it less than a week ago to install 3.11 on VMware workstation so I know it works.

I take it you have DOS installed?

Woof

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thank's for all your help Woof

yes i have 2 DOS bootdisk, 1 is 98se OEM version bootdisk and 1 is 98c (no ramdrive)

and of course i have install it on my HDD (format c: /s) thx

You will need to install a *proper* version of DOS, such as 6.22 in order to install 3.x, it won`t work without it tho there are ways around it I believe.
HTH

Woof

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i use MS-DOS 7.10 bootdisk with special hex (3xstart.exe) that i download from bootdisk.com :D

now time to remake win3.x, other than calmira what should i have?wayfarer?stileto?
oh yeah i dunno for what wayfarer and stiletto (already download it)

Sorry if this post is a little late. Once you have DOS and CDROM driver installed, try the custom install as outlined in my posted response #7 on thread 11814. Good luck!