Setup Does Not Modify CONFIG.SYS when ATDOSXL.SYS Is Loaded

 Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q82312
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Windows Setup program does not modify CONFIG.SYS if the HardCard Plus device driver ATDOSXL.SYS is loaded. ATDOSXL.SYS is a device driver used by HardCard Plus to make the card function as a drive.

MORE INFORMATION

Setup scans the CONFIG.SYS, and if it finds the text string "ATDOSXL.SYS" (without the quotation marks), it does not modify CONFIG.SYS. Instead, it writes the proposed changes to the file CONFIG.WIN in the Windows directory. If the file CONFIG.WIN already exists, Setup creates the file CONFIG.nnn, where "nnn" is the first numeric extension not already used, starting with the extension "001" (for example, CONFIG.001, CONFIG.002, and so on).

Setup does not make changes directly to the CONFIG.SYS file, so Setup avoids the possibility of trying to load a device driver from the HardCard drive before the system has access to that drive.

The CONFIG.SYS file should be manually edited to include the changes recommended by Windows 3.1 in the CONFIG.WIN file.

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KBCategory: kbsetup kb3rdparty kbhw
KBSubcategory: Win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 Hard Card + 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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