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Q117669: Changing Video Drivers in 3.11–Repeated Prompts for Disk 1

Article: Q117669
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 03-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to change the video driver in Windows 3.11 to a driver that has not
been previously installed (or when you select "New" for a previously installed
driver), Setup prompts you to insert Disk 1. After you choose OK, it continues
to prompt you to insert Disk 1 without completing the video driver change.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs because the Windows portion of SETUP.EXE is coded to find
the file WIN.CNF on Disk 1. With Windows 3.11, this file is on Disk 2 of the
3.5-inch 1.44-megabyte (MB) disk set and Disk 3 of the 5.25-inch 1.2- MB disk
set.

RESOLUTION
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To finish Setup, insert Disk 2 of the 3.5-inch 1.44-MB disk set or Disk 3 of the
5.25-inch 1.2-MB disk set instead of Disk 1, or run SETUP.EXE from the Windows
directory at an MS-DOS command prompt.

Additional query words: 3.11 vga svga

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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