Microsoft KB Archive/104534

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MS-DOS Setup Err Msg (CD-ROM System): Hard Disk Not Readable

Article ID: 104534

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
• Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
• Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q104534

SYMPTOMS

If you have an Adaptec 1542B SCSI disk, a SCSI CD-ROM drive, and ASPI4DOS.SYS is loaded when you install MS-DOS, you may receive the following error message:

Hard disk not readable

CAUSE

This problem occurs when Setup thinks the CD-ROM drive is the boot drive. This problem occurs when you have the CD-ROM drive and the SCSI drive set to #0 and #1, respectively.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

• Remove the disk from the CD-ROM drive, restart your computer, and run Setup.
• Remove ASPI4DOS.SYS from the CONFIG.SYS file, restart your computer, run Setup, put ASPI4DOS.SYS back in the CONFIG.SYS file, and then restart your computer again.
• Reconfigure the CD-ROM drive so it uses a SCSI ID other than 0 or 1.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.20

Keywords: KB104534

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