Microsoft KB Archive/81987

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Windows 3.1 May Prompt for System Disk During Network Setup

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Q81987

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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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

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311