set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us
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Name: ewan irvine
Date: July 10, 2001 at 06:57:21 Pacific
Subject: set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us
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Comment: I am trying to install windows 3.1 on our charity computer and am geeting set up error #214.
This says setup either cannot open or create the file a:\user.exe which is required to set up windows. Setup cannot continue.
the file may be in use by another application.
you need to quirt setup , and then quit the application that is using the file. then run set up again.
Can you help
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Name: jboy
Date: July 10, 2001 at 20:21:04 Pacific
Subject: set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us |
Reply: (edit)A quick search for that Win3.1 error seems to indicate a corrupted installation diskette.
Try using another set, or maybe (maybe not) the disk could be repaired with a utility such as scandisk, diskfix or Norton.
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Name: ewan irvine
Date: July 11, 2001 at 02:13:28 Pacific
Subject: set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us
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Reply: (edit)i scanned disk and it repired errors. however after installation of disk two it comes up with black screen and has error loading USER.EXE.
it then has command prompt c:\windows>
can anyone help further or even e mail me disk 2
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Response Number 3
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Name: jboy
Date: July 11, 2001 at 19:51:08 Pacific
Subject: set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us |
Reply: (edit)You could check Woof's site: www.btinternet.com/~woofgbr he had Win3.11, but you'd need the whole set.
You could look through older posts for another site - or you could post a separate request for a replacement disk.
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Name: Lance Taylor
Date: January 27, 2002 at 12:51:39 Pacific
Subject: set up error #214 on windows 3.1...re us
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Reply: (edit)Hello, i'm trying to install windows 3.11 and it has came up with the same error but i did find a site with good old windows 3.11 that did work http://www.kazkas.com/nickas/dos/windows.html all 6 disks zipped!
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