Upgrading Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista?

[JellyBeanBoogerNose]

I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Jan Kucera]

That's just new design, go ahead and tamp the diskettes in.

 

[marco]

HahHaha LOL - Good One!

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Very carefully, I would suspect.

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[Rick Rogers]

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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Very carefully, I would suspect.

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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Jan Kucera]

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Steve Drake]

Just get a mate to print out his or her vista desktop.

Stick this on your screen, when you show people this awesome OS, just tell
them that its very slow on your PC but they will be a awe as to how
fantastic it looks and they will go buy a copy and they will think your so
cool for being into the latest peaces of technology.

Or even better, try to sell them the OS and the PC for £200.

Steve

 

[philo]

I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

I think you put the record on your gramophone and it tells you
how to write all the code...
and you can compile Vista right on your 386


BTW: The newest Windows operating system you can put on a 386 is Windows95


That's why I put Windows98 on mine

http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/win98_386.jpg


It was not easy to do, I had to make a lot of modifications to the OS !

 

[Chris]

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive : p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Jan Kucera]

:-D here comes my LOL finally, since I'm twenty and cannot remember these.
;-)

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive :
p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic
"record".

How do I install this?

 

[Steve Cochran]

I found some punchcards the other day.

You probably don't even know what those are.

steve

:-D here comes my LOL finally, since I'm twenty and cannot remember these.
;-)

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive
: p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic
"record".

How do I install this?

 

[Steve Cochran]

In that case put the DVD in the microwave for 45 seconds until its bubbly.
Then use a rolling pin (Reynolds's nonstick foil helps) to flatten it to the
8 inch size. Make sure not to touch the underside when you are doing this.

steve

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive :
p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic
"record".

How do I install this?

 

[Jan Kucera]

Not so quickly though, we have a couple of them at home. ;-)

...but I haven't seen the device in production of course, that's right.

I found some punchcards the other day.

You probably don't even know what those are.

steve

:-D here comes my LOL finally, since I'm twenty and cannot remember
these. ;-)

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive
: p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic
"record".

How do I install this?

 

[Tom Lake]

I found some punchcards the other day.

Punchcards!?! Why in MY day, we wired program boards!

Tom Lake

 

[William]

First, you need a barn. You take the plastic 'record' to the barn, open the door to the horse stall and throw the plastic 'record' into the horse stall, then the plastic 'record' will the in stalled..


I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[William]

Definitely not an 8 inch floppy drive.

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?

 

[Chris]

he he he....we used to take the last card in a stack and move it to the
top...it caused the "tape monkeys" to have the strangest expression their
faces when the deck was loaded...

I found some punchcards the other day.

You probably don't even know what those are.

steve

:-D here comes my LOL finally, since I'm twenty and cannot remember
these. ;-)

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive
: p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic
"record".

How do I install this?

 

[William]

He cannot get the gramophone since the local theatre needs it because no one told them about 'talkies' yet.




I think you put the record on your gramophone and it tells you
how to write all the code...
and you can compile Vista right on your 386


BTW: The newest Windows operating system you can put on a 386 is Windows95


That's why I put Windows98 on mine

http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/win98_386.jpg


It was not easy to do, I had to make a lot of modifications to the OS !

 

[William]

I worked for over ten years in the Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) computer tape library and the diagnostic equipment the IBM CE's used on the 3480 tape drives ran with 8 inch floppy disks (and still do).

You guys are not going back far enough......it's the 8" IBM floppy drive : p

So he will need two of the "record"s for this to work...

Maybe 5 1/4", so less trimming is necessary.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Do you think it is 3,5" drive?

Use shears to trim the plastic record so it fits in the floppy drive.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Very carefully, I would suspect.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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I have a Packard Bell 386 that has Windows 3.1 on it.
I just got a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and there are
no floppy disks in the package. It only has a round plastic "record".

How do I install this?