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For a long time, such a picture has been circulating on the Internet. There are two large packages of floppy disk on a large yellow carton. One of the packages is opened. You can see the floppy disk in the picture. Cover:
is identified as Windows 8.1 , specifically Disk 1 of 3711, Disk 2 of 3711, Disk 3 of 3711
What this picture wants to show is that someone wants to install an operating system on their computer but does not have an optical drive. Only floppy disks, so he ordered Windows 8.1 system installation floppy disks from Microsoft, hoping to install the operating system through floppy disks, but he really received a large box of floppy disks.
But is this true?
1. Analysis from the capacity
The figure shows the Japanese version of Windows 8.1. The 64-bit version of Windows 8.1 Japanese version should be around 3.61GB, and the 32-bit version of Windows 8.1 Japanese version should be around 2.68GB. Calculated according to the standard 3.5-inch floppy disk with a single capacity of 1.44MB:
3.61GB x 1024MB / 1.44MB ≈ 2567
2.68GB x 1024MB / 1.44MB ≈ 1905
That means the number of floppy disks required is between 1905-2567 In the meantime, even if the loss of the split is included, there is a very big gap with the 3711 labeled in the figure. The capacity of 3711 floppy disks is about 5.22GB. This capacity should not be possible during the Windows 8/8.1 period. Even the current installation image of the latest Windows 11 operating system is only about 5.1GB.
3711 x 1.44MB /1024MB ≈ 5.22GB
2. Analysis from the font identification
In the picture,We can see two main font logos. Let’s first look at the colorful Microsoft logo and English logo on the carton:
On August 23, 2012, Microsoft launched a new brand logo with four colors on the left The squares are reminiscent of the Windows logo, and the colors of the four squares are the same as the Windows logo, and these four squares have more meanings. Red represents Office, blue represents Windows, green represents Xbox, yellow represents Bing, and right Side Microsoft words use Segoe UI font. There is no obvious difference between the logo on the carton packaging and the Microsoft trademark.
Let's look at the monochrome Windows logo and English logo on the floppy disk. Like the Microsoft trademark, when Microsoft released Windows 8 in 2012, it also adopted the new Windows logo, and Windows also adopted the Segoe UI font.
But the floppy disk label seems to be Arial font
In addition, the label "with Internet Explorer 11" is also very strange.
So basically it's just a joke!
So, do you still believe that there is a floppy version of the Windows 10 installation disk?
This is Disk 1 of 2639, the Japanese version of Windows 10. Is it true?
This is Disk of 2079, the English version of Windows 10. Is it true?
Reference:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/order-windows-81-on-floppy-disks/0c6112d7-3bea-47f2- a18e-3f0c7347fd42
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/install-windows-10-from-floppy-drive/8ae9d380-5b89-41c0-8f95-8ced7e283d9b
http: //forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-8-1-available-for-floppy-drive-installation.743818/
https://imgur.com/gallery/94GFNGX
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