An error displayed by Windows NT 3.5 installer when an unsupported CPU is detected
Installing Windows NT 3.x in VirtualBox
Installing Windows NT 3.x in VirtualBox
An error displayed by Windows NT 3.5 installer when an unsupported CPU is detected
I found a trick. After install, Boot to DOS, Type edit,
Press ALT+F, Highlight C:\, WINNT or WINNT 35 (if you have win nt 3.5 installed), Press I for INITAL.INF
and erase “” ? $(!LIBHANDLE) GetProcessor and change to $(ProcessorID_I586)
Then press ALT+F again and press enter for save.
Then press ALT+F again and Press S for SETUP.INF and do the same.
On SETUP.INF, Do the same for INITAL.INF and Erase “” ? $(!LIBHANDLE) GetProcessor and change to $(ProcessorID_I586)
Then press ALT+F again and press enter again for save.
Then press ALT+F again to exit and remove floppy and Press CLRT+ALT+DEL.
Windows will now load and not say Windows cannot install on this processor, but ask you for your name and company.
Yes, this method works, but is a lot more labor intensive and must be redone every time NT is reinstalled. And it is a lot harder to use if there is no DOS partition (e.g. installing NT on a clean disk).