Microsoft KB Archive/196579

= Err Msg: Invalid Media or Track 0 Bad - Disk Unusable =

Article ID: 196579

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q196579



SYMPTOMS
When you click Start, point to Programs, click MS-DOS Prompt, and then try to use the Format command to format a logical drive on an extended partition, you may receive the following error message:

Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable.

Format terminated.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

Method 1

 * 1) Double click My Computer, right-click the drive you want to format, and then click Format.
 * 2) Click the Full option, and then click Start.

Method 2
Restart your computer in MS-DOS mode, and then format the appropriate drive. To restart your computer in MS-DOS mode, click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart In MS-DOS Mode, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98.

Additional query words: 98

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB196579

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