Sys Error 31

[Guest]

An error message keeps popping on my desktop that says "Specified driver
could not be loaded due to System Error 31 cma drives*mds.

What is this error and why is it happening?

 

[Van T. Dinh]

I am guessing that you posted to the wrong newsgroup. This newsgroup is for
Microsoft Access, a database application.

Try one of the relevant newsgroups for the Windows OS version you are using.

 

[Guest]

Let me correct the quote. "Specified driver could not be loaded due to
System Error 31 (Microsoft Access driver*mds." I was not able to read the
handwriting in my notes when I first posted this.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

It is still a Windows OS question, I think.

The error a bit strange because Access usually has "MDB" or "MDE" extension,
not "MDS". If you look in the ODBC database source (part of the OS) of a
working computer (your computer may not show this correctly), you will see
"Microsoft Access driver (*.mdb)".

 

[Guest]

The error message appeared again. That is exactly what it says,
"Microsoft Access driver (*.mdb)". I have several Microsoft Access
databases on my computer. Why would I need to go to Windows OS?

 

[Van T. Dinh]

* In you previous post you wrote "mds", not "*.mdb". Another correction???

(That's why I wrote it was strange.)

* The driver is part of Windows OS, not Access. Try on a work-station
without Access installed and you will see that the driver is shown in ODBC
DataSource.

* Note also that Access is popular so Microsoft called the ODBC driver
"Microsoft Access driver (*.mdb)" but correctly, it is "Microsoft JET driver
(*.mdb)" since the database enigine is JET, not Access. The only connection
to Access is that Access uses JET as the default database enigine but Access
can also use other database engines.

* If I were wrong referring you to the Windows OS, someone else would have
jumped in by now ...

 

[Guest]

Thank you. Sorry for the confusion in copying the message. I wrote in down

 

[Van T. Dinh]

No probs. We get there eventually.

 

[Guest]

Just as an afterthought, I reformatted my hard drive last weekend and the
System 31 error has not reappeared since. Thanks.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Yep. When you reformatted the hard-disk and re-installed to OS which
includes the different drivers and therefore no more errors.