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Article #252Re: Inacessible NT Floppy Drive - Parameter is Incorrect
From: Peter Hutchinson
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
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dOn Fri, 24 Dec 1999 10:02:38 +0000, Peter R Cook <PCook@wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I get the same error [The parameter is incorrect] if id do a Dir in a > Dos prompt. Changing to drive A in a dos box gives [The system cannot > find the drive specified]. > > Before I scrub the system partition and spend the rest of Christmas > reinstalling and setting up applications - does anyone have any ideas!! I've had this one with a CD drive under NT, for no apparent explicable reason - cured it by re-assigning the drive letter using Disk Administrator. That's obviously not an option for a floppy, but it may point you in the right direction. -- Peter Hutchinson pwh.news@hutch.org.uk This message brought to you by the language C and the number F.
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