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Q130418: Write Caching on Boot Floppy Drive Causes WINNT.EXE to Fail

Article: Q130418
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you run WINNT.EXE and SMARTDrive (SMARTDRV.EXE) is loaded to cache reads and
writes to drive A, and you follow the Setup prompts, the first floppy disk is
removed before MS-DOS has finished writing to the floppy disk. This results in
various problems and the wrong files being written to the setup disks.

CAUSE
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The cached data is not flushed to the floppy disk before you are prompted to
change floppy disks.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This
problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.51

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search

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