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Alternatively pressing the right Ctrl key with R will do the same thing.

For this guide Im using Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.4 (the latest at the time) on a Windows 10 machine.

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VirtualBox isnt my first preference for emulation, however its free to obtain.

Unlike newer versions, Windows up to version 3.x would typically sit on top of some variation of DOS such as MS-DOS or PC-DOS which was the operating system.

A Create Virtual Machine dialog box will appear allowing you to select which operating system it will be using for this virtual machine (VM).

By default as Windows 3.1 had been selected, the recommended memory size is 32 MB.

DOS and Windows 3.1 will happily run on the lowest option of 4 MB, though anything above 32 MB is considered overkill.

As we dont have one yet, we will select the Create a virtual hard disk now option and choose Create.

Again as weve chosen Windows 3.1, VirtualBox has suggested the recommended size of the hard disk to be 1 GB.

This is plenty. Alternatively you may select Do not add a virtual hard disk and create a hard disk to the desired size after the VM had been created.

Later in the wizard theres also opportunity to change the size anyway.

For this we will just leave it on the default option which is VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).

Again theres no real wrong option here, they both have their pros and cons.

For the purposes of this VM, choosing Dynamically allocated will be sufficient.

For a combination of DOS and Windows 3.1, the size can be as low as 40 MB however there wont be anything really left for virtual memory and installing applications.

Anything above 2 GB and DOS wont want to know about it as its a limitation of the original FAT file system.

For a few apps and games a 550 MB disk size is comfortable but thats up to you.

Select Create. The wizard completes and youll see Windows 3.1 as an option that is currently powered off.

Hitting Settings allows greater control of the hardware configuration of the VM.

Obviously it doesnt get far as we havent installed any software yet.

Down the bottom right corner is a row of icons that represent the components of the VM and whether its active or not.

Right-click on the icon that represents the floppy disk and select Choose disk image.

Find the image file of the first DOS install disk and select Open.

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