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Win 3.1 install problems
Name: Eric Date: April 20, 2000 at 00:42:32 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I am trying to install win 3.1 on a old 386. I am able to do a clean install, but after it says windows has been installed, click to restart, once restarted, it says invalid system disk and there is no disk in A: I can put a dos boot disk in and it will boot to the command prompt, but when I go to c:\windows and type win, it says my himem.sys and config.sys are missing but they are in the windows directory. Any help would be appreciated
Name: The Pirate Date: April 20, 2000 at 14:38:03 Pacific
Reply:
So yar installed a version of DOS other than MS DOS 6.22.
None of the others install system files when formatting.
hehehehehe
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Response Number 3
Name: engteck8 Date: April 21, 2000 at 15:25:10 Pacific
Reply:
installed a version ms-dos 6.22
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Response Number 4
Name: The Pirate Date: April 21, 2000 at 20:53:32 Pacific
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Right then - that's good!
"Invalid system disk, insert a . . " is the error message for a missing master boot record.
In Dos use edit to create a file in the root drive called "config.sys'. (Fail to see how this is fucked up! - this file is created when DOS 6.22 is installed.) Add the lines Kev mentioned. Save and reboot.
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Response Number 5
Name: irwan syah Date: April 30, 2000 at 21:31:21 Pacific
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My 3.11 is missing and i need to download. can U tell me where to find the homepage that i can get it free. your cooperation are fully appreciated.
ensure that you have the primary partition active by using FDISK
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Response Number 7
Name: FRED Date: August 28, 2000 at 16:55:26 Pacific
Reply:
I also made the same goof!! My 386 has the same message, but I can't get it to go any further. After referring to Windows for DUMMIES (which describes me), one big goof I made was Format C. Did I also delete DOS off the hard drive?
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