how can I install DOS 3.3 or 4.0 on a newer laptop

[Loobed]

I have some old programs that need to run under DOS 3.3 or 4.0.

My new laptop doesn't have a 3.5 floppy drive. I can't figure out how to format a USB drive to install DOS 3.3 system files.

Any ideas?

 

[Rouphis]

https://www.virtualbox.org/

 

[Brons2]

Originally Posted By: Rouphis
https://www.virtualbox.org/


+1

as for floppies, get a USB floppy drive on eBay or anywhere else you can find one.

 

[uc50ic4more]

+1 on the VirtualBox idea: The virtual machine will be tiny, require minimal resources from the host machine and will be portable (VirtualBox runs on any OS you're likely to use). Especially given that you need only run a few applications it seems unnecessary to dedicate an entire (real) system to such a menial task.

 

[bigmike]

You can try Dos Box.

http://www.dosbox.com/information.php?page=0

 

[uc50ic4more]

Originally Posted By: bigmike
You can try Dos Box.

http://www.dosbox.com/information.php?page=0


Or FreeDOS: http://www.freedos.org/

 

[Garak]

FreeDOS is pretty awesome, but it might puke on a high memory system, unless one fiddles with it a bit.

 

[Virtuoso]

I've used DOSBox for running old programs with usually good success.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Are you trying to install DOS directly to the hard drive or just emulate the DOS environment?

I say go with a virtual machine.