Microsoft KB Archive/42862

Insert Floppy Disk Message Overwrites Word Screen in RTF

PSS ID Number: Q42862 Article last modified on 09-26-1995

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MS-DOS

Summary:

The MS-DOS error message

Not ready error reading drive A: abort, retry, ignore?

appears on the screen, overwriting Microsoft Word for DOS if you do the following:

  Create a Word document that is attached to a style sheet on a floppy disk, such that the Format Stylesheet Attach field says the following: A:.STY   Save the Word file to the hard disk.   Remove the floppy disk containing the style sheet from drive A.   Load the Word file from drive A so that you receive the message “Style sheet not available.”   Save the Word file to a new name in rich-text format (RTF) format. The MS-DOS error message “Not ready error reading drive A: abort, retry, ignore?” appears on the screen, overwriting the Word screen. 

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes available.

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