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SUMMARY
A "clean boot" (starting your computer after all unnecessary commands have
been removed from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files) is used as a
basic troubleshooting step to test possible conflicts between Windows 3.1
and various terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs and device drivers.
There are different types of clean boots; the correct one to use depends on
whether or not Microsoft Windows has been installed.
MORE INFORMATIONBefore Clean BootingCreate a bootable floppy disk that contains the MS-DOS system files and any other files that are required to make the system operational, such as disk-compression utilities (for example, Stacker), disk partitioning drivers (for example, Disk Manager), and other third-party device drivers.To Clean Boot Before Running Windows 3.1 SetupIf there is no disk compression software, disk partitioning software, or other third-party drivers necessary to boot the computer, the machine can be booted on a floppy disk that contains only the MS-DOS system files, without a CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file.If there is disk partitioning, disk compression, or other third-party software required to boot the computer, the startup files on the disk created above should appear as follows:
AFTER Windows 3.1 is installed, a clean boot should appear as follows:
ExceptionsThe following are examples of drivers that SHOULD NOT be removed; they are used when the computer is turned on to make the hard drive accessible. This is not a complete list, but it does include most of the commonly used drivers:
If the purpose of a device driver or program is unknown, DO NOT remove
it. Most device drivers and programs will display a message describing
their purpose when they are initialized.
A clean boot DOES NOT include:
clean and boot and windows and 3.0 Additional query words: tshoot clean-boot PRINT.COM RAMDRIVE.SYS JOIN.EXE PRINT.EXE MODE.COM GRAPHICS.COM SUBST.EXE 3.10 3.11 cleanboot
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