Cannot mount blank floppy for ASR backup

[ben schwartz]

At 2000 updated to XP+SP1+all updates.
ASR backup is successful until blank floppy must be
mounted. No formatted blank floppy is acceptable. Not
critical problem since the same rejected floppy can be
used by following Q299526 after the fact.
ASR did not fail this way before updates (21, including
10 critical) were applied.

 

[ben schwartz]

The reason I posted this was not just to give a circumvention but to find
out if anyone else has seen this and, if so, whether it is a known bug or
common user error. Or: should I have posted this someplace else?

 

[Sharon F]

At 2000 updated to XP+SP1+all updates.
ASR backup is successful until blank floppy must be
mounted. No formatted blank floppy is acceptable. Not
critical problem since the same rejected floppy can be
used by following Q299526 after the fact.
ASR did not fail this way before updates (21, including
10 critical) were applied.

Personally, I haven't seen it, Ben. Nor have I read any other posts in
the MS newsgroups that mention the same problem. May be a fluke or a
problem only a few have run into. May want to post this again over in
windowsxp.perform_maintain. May get more responses than you would in the
windowsxp.basics newsgroup.

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]

 

[ben schwartz]

Thanks Sharon. I will post it there.

At 2000 updated to XP+SP1+all updates.
ASR backup is successful until blank floppy must be
mounted. No formatted blank floppy is acceptable. Not
critical problem since the same rejected floppy can be
used by following Q299526 after the fact.
ASR did not fail this way before updates (21, including
10 critical) were applied.

Personally, I haven't seen it, Ben. Nor have I read any other posts in
the MS newsgroups that mention the same problem. May be a fluke or a
problem only a few have run into. May want to post this again over in
windowsxp.perform_maintain. May get more responses than you would in the
windowsxp.basics newsgroup.

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]