In a remarkable demonstration of Windows tweaking prowess, NTDEV, the developer behind Tiny11, has taken Windows 11 to new extremes by creating an incredibly scaled-down version. Despite its minimal functionality, the OS manages to perform multitasking and offers partial support for Batch commands.
Taking on the challenge inspired by a fan’s suggestion, NTDEV aimed to explore just how compact Windows 11 could become while still maintaining bootable functionality. The outcome is an astonishing Windows image that is under 100 megabytes, presenting a rudimentary operating system that discards the graphical user interface (GUI) and any visual elements, reverting to a text-only interface. While Windows 95 marked the departure from the prompt-based paradigm, Windows 11, even in this drastically minimized form, retains its essence as a slow-moving textual shell.
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Drawing inspiration from an older Microsoft project named “MinWin,” which aimed to create a minimalist, self-contained set of components for Windows Vista and later versions, NTDEV has coined the new modification “NT-DOS.” Some viewers have suggested that this barebones textual shell is how Windows Server should have been envisioned from the outset.
The “NT-DOS” mod boots into a minimal shell, exclusively relying on prompt commands. Despite its stripped-down nature and support for basic batch files, the operating system, in its textual simplicity, still manages to uphold the essence of Windows, showcasing some level of multitasking capabilities.
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NTDEV, known for tweaking and modifying Windows extensively, has previously compressed the standard Windows 11 installation (64GB) into a mere 2GB with Tiny11. In another experiment named Live11, the OS was installed on a 4GB USB flash drive, and Winception, a unique endeavor, pushed nested Windows virtualization to unprecedented limits.
