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Troubleshooting Drivers

Some computers contain devices that require a specific driver in CONFIG.SYS to correctly complete the startup process, such as drivers used for partitioning, compression, video, hard disks, and so forth.

To check for missing drivers

1. Press F8 when the Starting Windows 95 message appears, and select the Step-By-Step Confirmation option.

2. Respond Yes to all prompts. For any error messages that appear, make note of the driver involved, its location, and the specific wording of the error message. Verify that the specified driver exists in the specified location.

Do not remove any hard disk drivers, disk partitioning drivers, or disk compression drivers when starting Windows 95 using the Step-By-Step Confirmation option or while editing startup files. The following is a partial list of drivers that should not be removed.

Drivers that Should Not Be Removed

Hard disk drivers:			
ah1544.sys
aspi4dos.sys
atdosxl.sys 	ilm386.sys 
nonstd.sys
scsidsk.exe 	scsiha.sys 
skydrvi.sys
sqy55.sys	sstbio.sys
sstdrive.sys

Partitioning drivers:			
dmdrvr.bin
enhdisk.sys	evdr.sys
fixt_drv.sys	ldrive.sys
hardrive.sys	sstor.sys

Compression drivers:			
dblspace.bin 
devswap.com	drvspace.bin 
sstor.exe 	sswap.com
stacker.com

To find out about other system drivers, see the documentation for the hardware or software installed on the system.

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