Q99449: Err Msg: Error Reading Partition Table with Stacker Disk

Article: Q99449
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to format a mounted STAC Electronics Stacker floppy disk using the
MS-DOS FORMAT command, one of the following error messages may appear:

- Error reading partition table. Format terminated.

-or-

- Extended error 21. Format terminated.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem and format the disk, unmount the Stacker floppy disk
with the following steps:

1. Unmount the Stacker floppy disk by typing "exit" (without the quotation
  marks) at the MS-DOS command prompt.

  NOTE: EXIT is a Stacker command that removes the Stacker terminate-
  and-stay-resident (TSR) program responsible for automatically mounting floppy
  disks.

2. Type "format <x>:" (without the quotation marks) where <x> is the
  floppy disk drive.

Stacker, is manufactured by STAC Electronics, a vendor independent of Microsoft;
we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance
or reliability.


Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20 3rdparty third-party third party

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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