On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Barry Peterson wrote:
> With a 386 computer configured for B: = 360KB, a disk formatted in B:
> seems fine with no error messages. BUT: running SCANDISK on said
> newly-formatted 360KB diskette results in an error message: "Media
> descriptor byte incorrect", and prompts for repair. The byte, before
> and after repair, is hex FD. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Barry, perhaps there is a problem with ScanDisk on 360K disks?
If there is a problem, you would probably be able to find some information
about it in Microsoft's knowledge base. Go to their FTP site
(ftp.microsoft.com) and navigate from there. I'm sure Kai can supply a
specific path.
Anyway, once you get to it, there is an index file which has a summary for
each knowledge base article. The summary in your case would be something
like "Scandisk reports Media Descriptor Byte Incorrect". There would be
an index key before it. This is what you would use to find the actual
article. You would navigate a directory tree until you got to the
directory where the file with the above information would be located.
Good luck.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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