Microsoft KB Archive/304841

= Windows 2000 DVD-ROM Drive Cannot Read Windows XP-Formatted FAT32 DVD-RAM Media =

Article ID: 304841

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q304841



SYMPTOMS
After you format a DVD-RAM media to the FAT32 file system and you then write files to it by using a DVD-RAM drive in Windows XP, you may be unable to read the RAM media in Windows 2000 by using a DVD-ROM drive. You may receive one of the following error messages:

Drive not accessible

or

Insert media

Note that this behavior occurs only in Windows 2000; you can read the media in Windows 98.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
Windows 2000 does not support DVD-RAM media that uses the FAT32 file system.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbenv kbprb kbpending KB304841

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