Microsoft KB Archive/135648

= OFF95: Troubleshooting Win95 Application Floppy Disk Problems =

Article ID: 135648

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The "More Information" section of this article discusses how to troubleshoot floppy disk problems that you encounter during the Setup program for the Windows 95 applications listed at the beginning of this article. This article discusses how to identify and work around the following problems:
 * Floppy Disk Drive Problems


 * Damaged Setup Disks
 * Virus Problems
 * Trouble Reading DMF Disks



MORE INFORMATION
When you encounter a problem during the Setup program for your application, the problem may be characterized by any one of the following symptoms.

Floppy Disk Drive Problem Symptom
Setup requests Disk 2 after Disk 2 is inserted

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You receive the following error message:

"Error reading drive :" error message

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When you restart Microsoft Windows 95 in safe mode and run the Office Setup program, a blue screen appears with the following message

Error reading disk in drive a: Please insert disk   in drive a:

Damaged Setup Disks Symptom
You receive a "Not enough memory" or "Insufficient memory" error message.

Virus Symptom
You receive the "Cannot find " error message (where is the name of a file that should be located on the Setup disk).

Trouble Reading DMF Disk Symptom
You receive the following error message

Could not read from file

To troubleshoot the type of error message you are receiving, see the appropriate section below.

Method 1
If Setup is having trouble reading Disk 2 (Setup keeps requesting Disk 2), you may need to add the MS-DOS DRIVPARM command to your CONFIG.SYS file. To do this, place the DRIVPARM command in the CONFIG.SYS with the following syntax:

  For a 1.44-MB A: drive      For a 1.44-MB B: drive --  DRIVPARM=/d:0 /f:7          DRIVPARM=/d:1 /f:7

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119837 Setup Program Keeps Requesting Disk 2

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119837 OFF: Setup Program Keeps Requesting Disk 2

Method 2
If you are having problems with a floppy disk drive (such as receiving the error message "Error reading drive :"), insert another (non-Microsoft Setup) disk in the floppy disk drive. If you receive an error message attempting to read this disk, there may be a hardware problem with your floppy disk drive.

If you do not receive an error message reading the test floppy disk, there may be a problem with the Setup disk. For more information, see the "Damaged Setup Disks" section in this article.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131690 Troubleshooting Floppy Disk Drive Problems in

If neither of these methods corrects the problem, there may be a hardware problem with your floppy disk drive: use diagnostic software with your floppy disk drive and have a qualified hardware technician examine it.

Method 3
If you restart Microsoft Windows 95 in safe mode, run the Office Setup program, and a blue screen appears with the following message

Error reading disk in drive a: Please insert disk   in drive a:

You may have a damaged Setup disk. To determine whether your disk is damaged, see the Damaged Setup Disks section in this article.

DAMAGED SETUP DISKS
To determine if you have a damaged setup disk, use the following steps:

 Use a disk utility (such as ScanDisk) to test the disk for damage.

NOTE: Do not use a non-Windows 95 aware disk utility on DMF disks. Non-Windows 95 aware disk utilities can damage DMF disks. The Windows 95 ScanDisk tool recognizes and does not damage DMF disks.

Before you run a disk utility, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120442 Using Hard Disk Utilities with Windows 95

 Type the following command at an MS-DOS command prompt

copy \*.* nul

where is the floppy disk drive you are having problems with. For example, if you are having problems with drive A, insert a disk you are having problems with in drive A and type the following command:

copy a:\*.* nul

This command copies the files on the disk to a null device. If there is a problem copying the files, error messages appear on the screen, and there may be a problem with the information on your disk.</li></ol>

If the file name on your disk contains extended characters or unreadable characters, you should check the disk and your computer for a virus (see the "Virus" section below). The name of the file that is located on Disk 2 and following (Disk 1 contains additional files) should be similar to the following:

msoff2.cab

VIRUS
If you suspect that a virus is present on your computer, scan the hard disk and floppy disks with a virus detector. If a virus is found on your computer, remove the virus before you run Setup again. If a virus is found on your Setup disk, you will need to obtain a new set of disks.

Microsoft has rigorous quality control measures to insure that viruses are not on disks that we ship. The Setup disks for the applications listed above are distributed virus-free in sealed clear plastic envelopes that display a message about the Microsoft software license agreement. If disks are purchased in any other type of package, they should not be used.

The following viruses are known to cause problems when Setup is run from DMF disks: <pre class="fixed_text">  antiEXE NOINT Junkie A-Dign B1  V-Sign RIPPER For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

49500 List of Antivirus Software Vendors

TROUBLE READING DMF DISK
If you are having problems only with DMF disks (Setup Disk 1 works fine, but you have trouble with Setup Disk 2) and you have followed the appropriate steps in the "Floppy Disk Drive Problem," "Damaged Setup Disks," and the "Virus" sections above, you may be having trouble reading DMF disks on your computer. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

124970 OFF: Troubleshooting DMF Issues

Additional query words: 2.00 3.00 97 word6 powerpt Insufficient Memory corrupt COFE off97 xl97

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