Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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There's no need to mess with floppy drives, cds, or virtual machines to get your Win9x (or DOS 7.1) machine up and running. With this cool trick, you can get your machine up and running in no time.

You can find my $4 XT-IDE project at pcbway.com/project/shareproject/The_4_XTIDE_69f4ccdd.html

Things I used.
My favorite IDE to SD Adapter - amzn.to/3MjxS97
Laptop version - amzn.to/45ThB1o
Quality 32GB SD Cards - amzn.to/3SgTo20
Quality 128GB SD Card - amzn.to/40ehYCK
My favorite SD Reader - amzn.to/3tPnijU

Software
SD Image - archive.org/details/dos-71-win-95-win-98-win-me
SD Writer - etcher.balena.io
MiniTool Partition Wizard - partitionwizard.com

3d Printables
My 5.25 drive bay - chonky - thingiverse.com/thing:6284501
Reinforced slot bracket - thingiverse.com/thing:4767064

Relevant Videos -
$4 XT-IDE - youtube.com/watch?v=WTBoUmHI0pU
DOS 6.22 SD - youtu.be/twQbHWJF7LA