Microsoft KB Archive/156052

= Emergency Repair Disk Information Requires 1.44-MB Floppy Disk =

Article ID: 156052

Article Last Modified on 2/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q156052





SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to create an Emergency Repair Disk using a 720 floppy disk, you receive either of the following messages:

Setup

Setup was unable to format the disk

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Repair Disk Utility

Repair Disk Utility was unable to format the disk

Then you receive either of the following error messages:

Setup

Setup was unable to create the Emergency Repair Disk from the disk you provided because the disk could not be formatted. Insert a new disk into drive A: and select Retry.

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Repair Disk Utility

Repair Disk Utility was unable to create the Emergency Repair Disk from the disk you provided because the disk could not be formatted. Insert a new disk into drive A: and select Retry.



CAUSE
The Emergency Repair Disk information requires more than 720K of floppy disk space. Windows NT always attempts to format the floppy disk for the Emergency Repair Disk to 1.44 MB.



RESOLUTION
You must use a 1.44-MB floppy disk to create an Emergency Repair Disk.

Additional query words: prodnt high erd

Keywords: kbsetup KB156052

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