Windows NT Stops Responding when You Write to Floppy Disk

Last reviewed: May 12, 1997
Article ID: Q106216
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you have a system board with an AMI ROM BIOS on it Windows NT may stop responding (hang) when you try to write to a floppy disk drive.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, try one of the following:

  • Slow the system down by turning off caching, disabling shadowing and/or using the turbo button.
  • If that approach works, enable the caching and shadowing again. Then, in the advanced chip set options, try setting the I/O recovery options to their maximum value. According to AMI, if I/O recovery time is insufficient, device drivers, particularly for UNIX and XENIX will fail. The exact description of the I/O recovery options vary from one BIOS model to another.

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Additional query words: prodnt disk
Keywords : kbhw nthw
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: May 12, 1997
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