Hardware Inventory Fails on Removable Media Drives (151861)
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0
Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1
This article was previously published under Q151861
SYMPTOMS
If a client has a removable media drive, and inventory is run without a
disk in that drive, inventory fails with the following error:
HARDWARE INVENTORY PHASE
-[xx%]-
Not Ready Reading Drive D
Abort, Retry, Fail?
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new
information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.