Microsoft KB Archive/122659

Error or Hang Occurs After Returning from MS-DOS Mode

PSS ID Number: Q122659 Article last modified on 08-21-1995

95

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

After working in MS-DOS mode, you receive one of the following error messages when you return to the graphical interface of Microsoft Windows 95:

  Not ready reading drive . Abort, Retry, Fail? where  is the floppy drive letter. -or-   Error:MSGSRV32 has performed an illegal operation. 

Or, your system stops responding (hangs).

= CAUSE =

If the active drive is an empty floppy disk drive when you quit MS-DOS mode, these problems can occur.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Exiting MS-DOS mode while the current drive is a floppy disk drive causes the boot process to slow down greatly. Because the floppy disk drive is the active drive, Windows 95 checks that drive first before checking the path for the necessary components.

KBCategory: kbenv kbtool kbinterop KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95 winshell diskmem winboot Additional reference words: 95 gui single ms-dos application mode sdam

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