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DOCUMENT:Q101863 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
TITLE :Setup Does Not Clean Up After Failing
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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When Windows NT Setup fails, the following may occur:
- Setup leaves behind Windows NT boot code that causes the boot
loader to bypass the boot selection menu on the first boot of
Windows NT and go straight into the graphical mode of Setup. This
is a problem if the system fails when attempting to go into
graphical mode. You can get back to MS-DOS or OS/2 by holding down
the SPACEBAR as the system comes up and then choosing Restart
Computer at the Configuration Recovery menu. Then choose MS-DOS.
You can edit BOOT.INI and change the time-out from 0 to something
higher or change the default parameter to "c:\" which, with a time-
out of 0, causes the system to boot straight into MS-DOS. For example:
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=c:\
- Setup (WINNT.EXE) copies several megabytes (MB) of data into a directory
called \$WIN_NT$.~LS on a partition it chooses. Setup should delete
this, but if it does not, you can delete all of these files yourself.
- Setup, in text and graphical mode, copies many files into the Windows
NT directory (\WINNT). You can delete these files if you can get to
them (for example, on a FAT partition, from MS-DOS).
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: STP
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.