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ERROR: "Data Error Reading Drive A" - Unusabl |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Solutions: A customer was getting a "Data Error Reading Drive A" when they were trying to retrieve a document in WordPerfect 5.1. The customer went out to DOS and tried to copy the file from the floppy disk to her C drive. She got a DOS "Data Error Reading Drive" with a prompt for "Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail." She tried Retry and got the same prompt; and then tried Ignore. The file seemed to copy to the C drive correctly without any additional errors. When she went into WP to retrieve the file from the C drive, however, she got an unusable document with UNKNOWN codes, control characters, and thousands of pages. If customers use the Ignore options at DOS when copying, they may have a file to retrieve, but the file will likely be unusable. The Ignore option will simply communicate to DOS (DOS Disk Management Code) to discontinue trying to read the current cluster from the user's disk. The result is a missing block of information in the file being retrieved or a "hole" in the file. This hole may occur in the middle section of the document as WP formatting code. Other problems could also occur as a result of this problem. |
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