MacDrive 95 and 98 Are Unable to Read Macintosh Formatted Disks (183720)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5
This article was previously published under Q183720

SYMPTOMS

When you try to access a Macintosh-formatted floppy disk by using the MacDrive 95/98 program, you may be unable to do so, and you may receive the following error message:
The disk in drive A is not formatted

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the following Windows 95 floppy disk driver is installed in the Windows\System\Iosubsys folder:

HSFLOP.PDR version 4.00.1112 dated 1/13/97 24,737 bytes

This version of Hsflop.pdr reports that a disk is not formatted if the disk does not have a valid media byte. Disk that are formatted for Macintosh do not have a valid media byte.

This version of Hsflop.pdr is included in the update described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

159153 Error Messages While Backing Up to Some Floppy Disk Drives

These updated files may also be preinstalled on some computers running Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, 2.1, or 2.5.

RESOLUTION

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/22/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB183720
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