A drive

a friend of mine trying to install a cd-rom on his Windows 3.1 must have done something to cause his system to now think he has a 5'" floppy instead of his 3". How can he get the computer back to saying he had a 3" A drive? On startup he gets a message there is an error in line 1 and line 2 in his config. sys file. On trying to open the config.sys, there is a flash, but it doesn't open. Any suggestions?

 

To edit the config.sys you need to go into DOS or boot to the command prompt and enter edit config.sys at the C:\> prompt. The drive will not show up in Win3.1 unless you install the real mode drivers so the drive can be accessed from that OS. If there is already a CD-ROM installed it's drivers are conflicting with the new one.

 

How do you tell your computer, in Windows 3.1 that you have a 3" floppy drive, not a 5"? Does this involve editing the config.sys file?

 

I would check first in the computers bios to be sure that the floppy drive is set correctly there. It should be 3.5" 1.4meg.

 

apparantly he can't open his cmos where the bios is. Any suggestions?

 

Hi bilbotitus

Check this thread out. It lists several different keys for entry to the bios.

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?threadid=114637&highlight=bios+AND+keys

 

thanks for the info, I'lll pass it on