Windows 3.1 May Prompt for System Disk During Network Setup

ID: Q81987

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

When you install Microsoft Windows 3.1 over a network, you may receive the following error message if you boot the workstation from a floppy drive:

Setup cannot find or cannot update your system files on drive A. If you started your system from a floppy disk, be sure to remove write-protection from your system startup (boot) disk. Then insert the disk into drive A and choose Retry. To copy system files to your Windows directory, choose Cancel.

You may receive this error message even if you started the workstation with the original system (boot) disk.

CAUSE

The Windows 3.1 Setup program cannot reliably detect if the original system disk is in drive A (that is, Windows 3.1 Setup assumes the system disk is NOT in drive A).

RESOLUTION

To continue installing Windows 3.1, insert the system disk that the machine is usually booted from and choose Retry.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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