Скачать или смотреть Windows NT 4.0 on a PCIe SSD? 800MB/s Speeds on a 30-Year-Old OS!

This isn’t just any vintage operating system setup — it’s Windows NT4 booting from a Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe SSD. Unlike SATA or NVMe, this SSD uses the AHCI protocol over PCIe, hitting near 800 MB/s in NT4 and over 2 GB/s in Windows XP! Thanks to the UniATA driver, we bypass old limitations and bring modern SSD performance to a 1996 operating system.

Special thanks to David, one of our awesome subscribers, for sending these rare drives all the way from Australia.

Many people think AHCI is exclusive to SATA, but these SSDs prove otherwise — and their compatibility makes them a perfect fit for legacy systems like NT4 and XP.

Curious how it all works? Stick around for the benchmarks, installation tricks, and multi-boot setup!

Chapters:

0:00 – Intro: Windows NT4 on Modern Hardware
0:42 – Why Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe SSDs Are Perfect for Retro Systems
2:05 – UniATA AHCI Driver for Windows NT4, XP & Legacy OS
3:08 – Installing Windows NT4 Without a Floppy (PCem Emulator Method)
5:21 – Testing Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe SSD with CrystalDiskMark on NT4
6:29 – Multi-Boot Setup: Running NT4, 98 & 2000 on One Partition
8:58 – Next Episode Teaser: Building the Ultimate All-PCIe NT Rig

What’s goin’ on in this video:

Why Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe SSDs? Rare today, but the perfect match for retro builds.

UniATA Driver Magic: Adding AHCI support to NT 3.5x, NT4, XP, and beyond.

Installation Tricks: No floppy drive? No problem — we repurpose installs and use PCem.

Multi-Boot Mastery: Running NT4, Windows 98, and Windows 2000 on a single partition.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmarks: See NT4 speeds climb from 400 MB/s to 800 MB/s with updated drivers.

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