'What the ... what?' This Windows 8.1 install option is hilarious and flabbergasting [pics]

Haha, floppy disks! Oh wait …

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/428185558574456832

An interesting way to install Windows 8.1…. Just 3711 floppy disks pic.twitter.com/d5w5re5O6Y

— JontheGeekGuy (@JontheGeekGuy) October 21, 2013

Snicker.

Wow! The future is totally awesome!

Be hold, floppy disk are the future “@DownloadMoreRam: Installing Windows 8.1… "Disk 1 of 3711" pic.twitter.com/re3q7sbQJ0”

— Justin (@IamJoogle) January 26, 2014

The hilarious and flabbergasting likely Photoshop is making the rounds again on Twitter. Terrible pirated install? Photoshop? Too funny to check? In any event, the result is many giggles.

@lachlan What the. .. what????

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) January 28, 2014

@lachlan is this a joke?

— Bill Murphy (@billmurphy) January 28, 2014

@lachlan mind blown

— Bill Murphy (@billmurphy) January 28, 2014

If you are using floppy disks to install Windows 8.1 pic.twitter.com/d5POr3VdAH

— VR Zone (@vrzone) January 27, 2014

Insert disk #3,297 to complete 15% install. “@w0ts0n: Yes, this is a thing. pic.twitter.com/DcPbfOg8Zb”

— Gaurav Sharma ?‍♂️ (@gsharma) January 28, 2014

@w0ts0n @ksrenev Who in the name of sunken R'lyeh is that possibly for!?!?!

— Suspiciously Specific (@jerrykuch) January 28, 2014

@w0ts0n @andrewchen Disk 1 of 3711!! LOLOLOL

— Eric Nakagawa (@ericnakagawa) January 28, 2014

And for the geek-mockery win:

@jms429 @w0ts0n it's like someone's done a 3d print of the save icon! Cool!

— Miles Berry FCCT (@mberry) January 26, 2014

@jms429 @mberry pic.twitter.com/p1nb4lc1NN

— w0ts0n (@w0ts0n) January 26, 2014

Gasping!

This Twitter user brings it all home:

You might complete the install before you die. RT @w0ts0n: Yes, this is a thing. pic.twitter.com/VWsrR5EGXx

— The Real Matt Finn (@mdrache) January 28, 2014

Oh dear.

https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/428189233845501952