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INVDOS Fails When Inventorying an Unformatted Partition

Article ID: 134690

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS

InvDOS fails and an "Abort, Retry, Fail" error message appears when the agent attempts to inventory a partitioned but unformatted drive.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, format the partition.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

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