Q99415: Hard Disk Controller BIOS Error Codes

Article: Q99415
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 2.11, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the error messages you may receive if you have a hardware
failure on the hard disk, the hard disk controller, or both. The errors listed
below normally occur during a low-level format but may also occur anytime after
the low-level format is done (for example, when you are installing MS-DOS,
Windows, or other software).

MORE INFORMATION
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Code               Description
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  00H                No Error
  01H                Bad Command
  02H                Address Mark Not Found
  03H                Write Protect
  04H                Request Sector Not Found
  05H                Reset Failed
  06H                Media Change
  07H                Initialization Failed
  09H                Cross 64K DMA Boundary
  0AH                Bad Sector Flag Detected
  0BH                Bad Track Flag Detected
  10H                Bad ECC on Disk Read
  11H                ECC Corrected Data Error
  20H                Controller Has Failed
  40H                Seek Operation Failed
  80H                Drive Failed to Respond
  AAH                Drive Not Ready
  BBH                Undefined Error
  CCH                Write Fault
  0EH                Register Error
  FFH                Sense Operation Failed


Additional query words: 6.22 2.0 3.0 3.00 3.10 3.1 3.3 3.30 3.3a 3.30a 4.0 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 5.0 5.00a 5.0a 6 6.00 6.0 6.20 msdos ms dos hard drive errors failures lowlevel low level format

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a kbMSDOS211
Version           : MS-DOS:2.x,3.x,4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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