Microsoft KB Archive/313934

= Cannot Stop a PC Card ATA Device After Formatting from NTFS to FAT =

Article ID: 313934

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q313934



SYMPTOMS
When you try to stop a PC Card ATA device, you may receive the following error message:

The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped because a program is still accessing it.

You receive this error message even if no program is using the device. This problem occurs after you format a medium that uses the NTFS file system to use the FAT or FAT32 file system in the PC Card ATA device.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name -  14-Jan-2002  17:34  5.0.2195.4805  513,104  Ntfs.sys



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

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Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB313934

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