Microsoft KB Archive/222245

= OL2000: Error Message: Blue Screen "Error Reading Disk in Drive A" =

Article ID: 222245

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q222245



SYMPTOMS
When you quit Outlook you may receive the following blue screen error message:

Error reading disk in drive A

Please insert disk

with Serial Number in drive A

Press ENTER for OK or ESC to Cancel



CAUSE
You exported a personal folders (.pst) file to to a disk in drive A and removed the disk before quitting Outlook.



RESOLUTION
Reinsert the disk in drive A and press ENTER or ESC.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This is not a fatal error message. Reinserting the disk and pressing ENTER will quit Outlook successfully. Pressing ESC without reinserting the disk will produce the following message:

Unable to write to disk in drive A

Data or files may be lost.

Press any key to continue

Pressing any key will repeat this message a time or two and then quit Outlook. No data is lost.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB222245

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