On 30 January 2012 13:09, Michael Hampicke <gentoo-u...@hadt.biz> wrote: >> Technically, they did, it was just impossible for an OS to make it >> actually work: >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/04/02/9528175.aspx
>From the comments: Barry Kelly: "Win95 Setup *does* make the floppy drive grind, though, as have all versions of Windows Setup from 95 through to XP. (Speaking as an ex hardware technician who installed Windows hundreds of times.) Specifically, it makes the grinding noise when it's setting up the Start Menu items for the first time (it says). I personally suspect it's because it's creating the "Send To" shortcut, but that's only my suspicion." Honestly, given that it's a single bit check per hardware change, it doesn't seem like all that challenging of a feature. We could have had autorun.inf viruses almost 5 years earlier!
