Windows 3.1 May Prompt for System Disk During Network Setup

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q81987
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system 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.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbsetup
KBSubcategory: Win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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