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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
Keywords:kbHardware kbInventory KB151861
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