Microsoft KB Archive/229246

= "Non-System Disk" Error Message After Canceling Uninstall =

Article ID: 229246

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229246



SYMPTOMS
If you upgrade your computer from Microsoft Windows 3.1x to Windows 98 Second Edition, start the uninstall process to remove Windows 98 Second Edition, and then click Cancel when the uninstall process prompts to check the disk for errors, you may receive the following error message:

Non-System disk error



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem:  Insert your Windows 98 Startup disk into the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer. At the command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after each line:

a:

sys c:

 When you see the "System transferred" message, remove the Windows 98 Startup disk, and then restart your computer.



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

Additional query words: 98 1.0 1.00 boot startup abort aborted

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB229246

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