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- DOCUMENT:Q104700 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :ALR Business Veisa Problem with CD-ROM Drive Toshiba 3401
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- Windows NT Setup stops on Disk 1 with the following error message:
-
- Setup could not be started. Could not open multi(0)disk(0)
- fdisk(0)partition(0) ARC Status=13 Loader exited.
-
- Setup was unable to load file system support. The distribution disk
- or CD-ROM may be damaged.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version
- 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information
- here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- This error message is generated with the following hardware
- configuration:
-
- ALR Business Veisa 486/33
- Ide hard drive
- SCSI 1542C controller
- CD-ROM Toshiba 3401
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Start Windows NT from a floppy disk. Setup reads the TXTSETUP.INF
- file.
-
- 2. Select Express Setup and press ENTER. The SCSI controller is
- located, and the following error message is displayed:
-
- Error: Setup was unable to load file system support. The
- distribution disk or CD-ROM may be damaged.
-
- ENTER or CONTINUE
-
- 3. Press ENTER. Setup locates drive C and asks about keeping the
- existing file format or repartition and format, and so on.
-
- 4. Press ENTER twice to continue.
-
- The following error message appears:
-
- Error: Setup was unable to invoke or complete CHKDSK on the partition
- onto which you have chosen to install Windows NT. The disk may be
- damaged or corrupted beyond repair or physically damaged.
-
- NOTE: Other CD-ROM drives such as Sony or NEC work fine with the above
- system configuration.
-
- Additional reference words: win32 3.10 unipad
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: hrdwr
-
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