Article ID: 98115
Article Last Modified on 11/23/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q98115
SYMPTOMS
You may have difficulty running Microsoft Backup on a Panasonic notebook computer (models CF170, CF270, and CF370) or on a Texas Instruments 4000e laptop machine. After you insert a floppy disk, Backup may not respond or one of the following error messages may be displayed:
-or-
In addition, all of the data on the floppy disk may be erased.
CAUSE
This problem is caused by the computer's power-saving feature which interferes with or turns off the floppy disk drives.
WORKAROUND
To run Backup and use the floppy disk drives, you must run POWERxxx.EXE (where xxx is the specific model number of the laptop) and disable the "floppy time-out" feature.
Additional query words: 6.00 note book laptop lap top msbackup mwbackup 6.20
Keywords: KB98115
