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general failure reading drive a
Name: Vinod Date: August 23, 2000 at 22:39:03 Pacific
Comment:
Above error message in DOS
In Win95, on clicking A drive icon - message says - disk not formatted - do you want to format On saying yes for formatting - ( full format ) - message says - no disk in drive, wrong capacity etc.,
Name: nad Date: August 24, 2000 at 04:05:11 Pacific
Reply:
This will happen when you are trying to read an unformatted disk. Go to this web site for recommendations. http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/fdd/errorsGeneralFailure-c.html
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