Continuing my adventures with Retro Computing, this time on Synology Virtual Machine Manager. Next up, Windows ME Setup.
Windows ME was critically panned on release. It dropped many features from previous Windows versions, but did nothing to improve stability. I made an ISO from my old and scratched Windows ME disk, mounted it in Synology VMM and let it boot.
The boot screen sent me into throes of nostalgia. So did the next steps.
I could feel myself going crazy when the setup GUI came up; thankfully, the mouse & keyboard worked without any tinkering. The installation process and steps were quite similar to Windows 98.
The whole process was much faster than Windows 98 SE, because VMs run natively on the Synology, which has official/proper Hypervisor support.
After the first reboot, I was presented with the famous “first time” Windows ME boot splash screen. Another huge dose of nostalgia.
The second phase of setup has much different graphics compared to the first phase, a bit more bright & modern.
More to come, soon.