Microsoft KB Archive/193342

= One or More Drives Unavailable After Hot Docking =

Article ID: 193342

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193342



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SYMPTOMS
If you hot-undock (eject) and then hot-dock (insert) your laptop computer using a docking station containing a hard disk, one or more hard disks or CD-ROM drives may become unavailable to Windows.



CAUSE
This problem can occur when Windows attempts to assign the same drive letter to one of the drives in the docking station and to an existing drive in the portable computer during the hot-docking operation.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem and restore access to all drives installed in both the computer and the docking station, shut down and restart Windows.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 98.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem is likely to occur when there is an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard disk in the docking station, an IDE hard disk in the computer, and an additional CD-ROM or hard disk in either the computer or the docking station.

Additional query words: HWDDRV

Keywords: kbenv kbhardware kbprb KB193342

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