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- DOCUMENT:Q101709 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :DISKCOPY Displays Confusing Message: Cannot Lock the Drive..
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
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- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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- Because Windows NT is a multi-tasking operating system, the DISKCOPY
- command locks the destination floppy drive while copying files. If the
- destination disk is the same as the source disk or if their serial
- numbers match (a very rare coincidence) then it will not complete the
- disk copy operation. The following error message is displayed:
-
- "Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use."
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- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: NTAP
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