Hello, all, i've recently downloaded Windows NT 3.51 from www.vetusware.com, and installed it in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. I am attracted by it's more technical interface, it's 32 bit capabilities, and the fact that it's almost as functional as Windows 9x, while still keeping the traditional Windows 3x style buttons and controls. (I'm one for nostalgia!) I'm interested in installing it on my older computer, and I have some questions before I do so: 1. Does Windows NT 3.51 support FAT32? 2. Wikipedia states it as a 32 Bit only OS. Does this mean it can't run 16 bit programs? (Like those that Windows 1x-3x can only run?) 3. Does it support the SiS 530 video adapter so I can do higher resolusions and color depths? (It supports the S3 vid adapter in Virtual PC) 4. Does it have any Y2K problems? 5. In the menu that asks whether you want to run Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 3.51 in VGA mode, or MS-DOS, if I install Windows NT 3.51, then later install Windows 9x, will an option to boot to Windows 9x appear in the menu? Thanks! -Trent Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

it's its for possessive, it's for "it is" 1. NT 3.51 or NT4 do not support fat32 natively, but there are third party stuff. Look for "bearwindows" on the internet. 2. It can indeed run Win16 apps, in the fashion that WinXP can. In fact, this support is identical! 3. It was released before 2006, so yes it has Y2K problems. 4. You can boot Win9x from this menu. Get bootpart from www.winimage.com for this. You can even boot Win351 and WinXP on the same menu! The trick here is that any NTFS partition will be updated, and so if NT4 sp4 or later and something earlier is to be used together, install NT 3.51 on a FAT partition. 5. Look for NTSHELL - you can run both Windows 3.1 and Explorer together! ntshell runs as an app. (not the MSFT ntshell, the calmira one. You can even use calmira as a shell! The dream you dream alone is only a dream, The dream we dream together is reality.

Thanks! Is bootpart something like fdisk? -Trent Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

This is my scenario: Using MS-DOS 6.21 to make and format a ~1 GB FAT16 partition, installing 3.51, then booting to DOS 7.10, and using its fdisk program to turn the rest of the hard disk space into a FAT32 partition, installing Windows (95 or 98). Since Windows 98 will boot automatically after it's installed when I turn on the computer, I can just use fdisk to turn NT 3.51's partition active so it boots automatically, right? If I choose to install Windows 98, and make 3.51's partition active, will an option to boot to 98 be available on 3.51's boot list, despite it's on a FAT32 partition, which 3.51 can't read? Also, is NT 3.51 compatible with MS-DOS 7.10? -Trent Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

The layout i used for Windows 3.51 etc was 1. c: primary fat16 partition = 496 MB Windows will not convert this to fat32 or ntfs. 2. primary 8MB partition for os/2 boot manager. 3. balance = extended partition. 4. d: fat16 for Win351. Later versions of Windows will convert 3.51 NTFS to an unreadable form. 5. e: 1 G fat32 partition, for Windows 9x. 6. f: 1-2 G hpfs partition for OS/2 7. g: 8 MB partition NTFS for Windows 4 8. h: 8-10 MB partition for Windows 2k 9 i: 10-12 MB partition for Windows XP. You can leave out whatever you like of this list, except OS/2 requires the boot manager. You can use something like bootpart to boot inactive partitions, without using fdisk. It adds an entry and a bootsector to the BOOT.INI loader You can use just one layout like i have above. Just have backup copies of the latest NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM to copy over an install. You need to, when installing NT4, apply SP6 before booting into Windows 2K or later. You may have problems with LFN because of the different schema, but NT4 runs quite well with short file names, and if you leave management of partitions to the resident OS, you have no problems. The dream you dream alone is only a dream, The dream we dream together is reality.

Thanks! I have a copy of NT 4, but no CD key to install it... :( Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

I just answered the MS-DOS 7.10 question myself. Yes, it will run on 7.10 (Windows 98 DOS) On the boot menu, it says Microsoft Windows instead of MS-DOS. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM