PRACC9307: Application Admin Setup (/A) to Empty Floppy Drive

PSS ID Number: Q100968
Article last modified on 09-30-1993

1.10
WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Access Distribution Kit version 1.1
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SYMPTOMS
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When a Microsoft Access Distribution Kit (ADK) Application Admin Setup
(/A) is directed to a empty disk drive, you receive the following
error message:
   System Error--Cannot read from drive A.
Choosing Cancel works only for one file at a time. The error message
is repeated for all files installed from Disk 1. 
If you continue to choose Cancel, a Setup box is displayed that shows
additional space is needed on the drive. The bottom half of the last
line of text in the box is cut off.
If you choose Continue, several more system error messages are
displayed. Then the following dialog box appears 
   An error has occurred during Setup. Please make sure you are not
   out of disk space.
and the Setup routine terminates.

RESOLUTION
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Do not install to an empty disk drive. Either install to a floppy disk
drive in which you have inserted a disk or install to another hard
disk drive.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Access
Distribution Kit version 1.1. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Insert Disk 1 of the ADK Application into your floppy disk drive. 
2. Type <B>:\SETUP.EXE /A, where <B> is your floppy disk drive.
   A box requesting drive and directory names for program files,
   graphs, and databases is displayed.
3. Type <A>:\ (no subdirectory name), where <A> is the floppy disk
   drive that you did not indicate in Step 2.
4. Press ENTER. You will begin receiving system error messages.

Additional reference words: 1.10
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: StpOthr
Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.