Microsoft KB Archive/282901

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Drive Letters Are Not Assigned for SCSI Devices

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Q282901

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 2, 2.1, 2.5

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SYMPTOMS
If you insert an ATA PC Card before turning on a computer that already has a SCSI PC Card present, the following problems may occur:


 * No drive letter is assigned to some of the SCSI devices (such as a CD-ROM drive).
 * A &quot;ghost&quot; drive appears (there are no folders or files, and you cannot write to the drive).

RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time    Version    Size     File name ---  02/06/2001  01:48p  4.00.1114  107,033  Configmg.vxd 02/06/2001 01:39p  4.00.1115   68,962  Ios.vxd

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, insert the ATA PC Card after Windows has started.

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

Additional query words: pcmcia

Keywords : osr2 win95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR210