SUMMARY
Windows version 3.1 displays the following error messages if a section
heading is missing in the SYSTEM.INI file or if an incorrect character
is before the left bracket ([) of a section heading:
If the [boot] section is damaged or missing, the error message is:
error loading DISPLAY.DRV
If the [386enh] section is damaged or missing, the error message is:
System initialization file required to run Windows in 386
enhanced mode is incomplete. You need to run the Setup program again.
If the [drivers] section is damaged or missing, the Events and Files
in the Sound section of the Control Panel will not be available.
To correct this problem, do the following:
- Open the SYSTEM.INI file in Notepad or another standard ASCII text
editor.
- Locate the affected section heading.
- Press HOME to move the insertion point to the beginning of the
line.
- Press SHIFT+END to select the entire line.
- Press DEL to delete the entire line. (It is recommended that the
entire line be removed to ensure complete removal of the corruption.)
- Retype the section heading and save the SYSTEM.INI file.