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Q83424: SETUP.TXT Contains Smartdrive and Stacker Error

Article: Q83424
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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There is an error in the SETUP.TXT file that is copied into the Windows
directory during installation of Windows 3.1. Under the "Using Stacker" heading,
there is a section that discusses using the SmartDrive disk cache program on an
uncompressed drive. The error reads as follows:

  For example, if the Stacker swap utility swaps drives C and D so that C is
  compressed and D is uncompressed, you would include the following line in
  your CONFIG.SYS file:

  DEVICE=\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C- D+

MORE INFORMATION
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This line should be placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (not in the CONFIG.SYS
file), as follows:

  <drive>:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C- D+

Windows 3.1 loads the SMARTDRV.EXE cache device driver in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Only the double buffer device driver (if necessary) is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS
file.

Additional query words: 3.10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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