I have a curiosity that serves no practical purpose as far as I can gather. I'd like to be able to launch WIndows 3.1 from my Windows 98 machine. Is this possible without a dual boot? Will it screw anything up?
Hi,
While I didn't tried this exact configuration, I think there is no reason why you wouldn't be able to install Windows 3.1 into the Bootable MS-DOS 7.0 or MS-DOS 7.1 that Windows 98 came with. The possibility that something gets broken, well neither Win3.1 or Win9x had real file system protections in place so, most likely eventually one of them (if the OS not some installed software 😁) will corrupt a file used by the other.
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I have my own question: can I install Win3.1 on top of Win98SE with a FAT32 drive? I have a Win98SE tower at my mother's house--anyway, I did, until my mother became homeless--with a 127GB hard drive. Unfortunately, its sound card only works in Windows mode, and I don't think it would work in Win16. 🙁
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Yes, Windows 3.1/3.11 can run on FAT32. But not Windows for Workgroups 3.11 without a patch, because it uses VFAT driver.
There's one patch for MS-DOS 7.1 here: Making Windows 3.11 work in DOS7.10 (patches inside)
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