Microsoft KB Archive/155349

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"Invalid Media" Error Message Formatting FAT32 Partition

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Q155349

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, version 2.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to format a FAT32 file system partition larger than 8025 MB from within Windows 95, you may receive the following error message

Verifying M

Invalid media or track 0 bad-disk unusable

Format terminated

where  is the size of the partition.

CAUSE
This error occurs if there is a non-DOS partition preceding the extended DOS partition and the primary DOS partition has been formatted using the real-mode FORMAT.EXE command.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, format the volume using the following steps:

 Click the Start button, click Shut Down, click Restart The Computer In MS-DOS Mode, and then click Yes.  Type the following command and then press ENTER "format :" where is the drive letter for the partition you want to format.  When the partition is formatted, type exit to restart Windows 95.

Keywords : diskmem win95

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95