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Did you know NT 3.51 was supported until December 31 2001?

Ive got it on floppies, anyone want it?

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Nice find by and a good reminder from that those old Windows releases live in the "museum" now. For anyone who actually owns original install disks, a few practical preservation and usage tips that the thread hasn't covered:

Create reliable disk images rather than relying on the physical floppies. Use a tool that reads raw floppy sectors and save in .img/.ima format. Immediately generate a SHA-256 checksum for each image and keep both the originals and checksums in multiple locations (local archive + offline backup). Store any license keys, manuals or hardware notes with the images so the install can be validated later.

If the goal is to run or experiment with the OS, emulate instead of booting antique hardware. Emulators like PCem/86Box give the most faithful hardware behavior for very old builds; QEMU, VirtualBox or VMware are easier for general testing. Mount virtual floppy images (do not keep swapping real floppies), convert CD-based installers to ISOs when needed, and choose virtual controllers that the old installer will recognize. Expect to hunt for legacy drivers and service packs — emulation often avoids the worst hardware driver headaches.

Security and legality: treat these systems as permanently unsupported. Do not expose them to the public Internet; use host-only or NATed networks and snapshots when experimenting. Keep originals offline and check EULA/license restrictions before redistributing images. For historical documentation, archived Microsoft KBs and enthusiast preservation sites are the best sources for service packs and driver lists.

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lol. only if you can dig up a copy of windows 1.01. 'that' would be kickass.

as of July 11, 2006 Microsoft did not support windows 98 and ME, and
as of October 10th, 2006, Microsoft did not support XP SP1 and earlier.

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i got 3.11 on 22 floppies (including some other stuff like games, works, office, ie4, the win32s)

it has IE4 16 bit ed. LOL and it has TCP/IP i used it for posting herre once (java and tables confuse it tho) its lege as no spyware or viruses

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