XP asks to insert disk in A: on login

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Check it here:-
'"Please Insert a Disk into Drive A:" Message Continually Appears When
Starting the Computer'
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q282470

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Ed Shallenberger wrote:

> I just rebuilt my daughter's pc and installed a new motherboard. After that
> win98 would not run in normal mode and would not "see" the CD drive in safe
> mode or from command prompt. Did not have original Win98 media, so could
> not reinstall -- decided to skip that and upgrade to XP. But the only way
> to see the CD was to boot from a floppy. From there on XP installation went
> well enough, but now once the welcome screen displays any user logon results
> in a dialog box displaying the following:
>
> "SAS window: winlogon.exe - No Disk"
> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive A:."
> "Cancel" "Retry" "Continue"
>
> If you put a floppy in A: logon coninues with no further problem -- it
> doesn't matter what kind of floppy or what sort of files are on it, as long
> as it is a readable floppy.
>
> As long as there is no floppy in A:, no matter which button you click, the
> dialog reappears. But if you click on "Continue" three successive times,
> login proceeds without further problems.
>
> I have not been able to figure out why XP wants to go look for a floppy at
> this point, and I would like to find and fix the instruction that seems to
> be causing this so I can give the machine back to my daughter without her
> having to deal with this silly quirk. Can anyone offer some help here?
>
> Thank you very much.

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Thanks for the good try, but this article does not apply. It advises
clearing the "Restore previous folder windows at logon." checkbox in Windows
Explorer. On the computer in question that checkbox has always been open.
But thanks for trying.

Ed

"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uYI3YbKjEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Check it here:-
> '"Please Insert a Disk into Drive A:" Message Continually Appears When
> Starting the Computer'
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q282470
>
> regards,
> ssg MS-MVP
> pronetworks.org
>
> Ed Shallenberger wrote:
>
> > I just rebuilt my daughter's pc and installed a new motherboard. After
that
> > win98 would not run in normal mode and would not "see" the CD drive in
safe
> > mode or from command prompt. Did not have original Win98 media, so
could
> > not reinstall -- decided to skip that and upgrade to XP. But the only
way
> > to see the CD was to boot from a floppy. From there on XP installation
went
> > well enough, but now once the welcome screen displays any user logon
results
> > in a dialog box displaying the following:
> >
> > "SAS window: winlogon.exe - No Disk"
> > "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive A:."
> > "Cancel" "Retry" "Continue"
> >
> > If you put a floppy in A: logon coninues with no further problem -- it
> > doesn't matter what kind of floppy or what sort of files are on it, as
long
> > as it is a readable floppy.
> >
> > As long as there is no floppy in A:, no matter which button you click,
the
> > dialog reappears. But if you click on "Continue" three successive
times,
> > login proceeds without further problems.
> >
> > I have not been able to figure out why XP wants to go look for a floppy
at
> > this point, and I would like to find and fix the instruction that seems
to
> > be causing this so I can give the machine back to my daughter without
her
> > having to deal with this silly quirk. Can anyone offer some help here?
> >
> > Thank you very much.

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:16:11 -0400, Ed Shallenberger wrote:

> Thanks for the good try, but this article does not apply. It advises
> clearing the "Restore previous folder windows at logon." checkbox in Windows
> Explorer. On the computer in question that checkbox has always been open.
> But thanks for trying.
>
> Ed

Ed, look in her startup folder, Recent Documents and Start> Run list to see
if there's anything there pointing to the A: drive or a file with the A:
drive in the path. If found, delete. To clear the Start> Run list, use the
"Clear History" button Internet Options. This is an old Windows bug that
pops up now and then in XP and clearing shortcuts from these places sets
things right again.

If still no luck, check settings in the antivirus program and set it to
*not* scan the floppy disk on startup.

IMPORTANT: If she's in the habit of bringing home floppy disks that come in
contact with other (possibly unprotected) systems and leaving them in the
drive at shutdown, you will probably want to leave this setting enabled and
just have her keep a blank floppy in the drive to get past that startup
problem. Better to let the antivirus program earn its keep than to be
sorry.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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Hi Ed;

The article also says "exit the floppy drive in Windows Explorer before you
restart the computer". Perhaps you were you using Explorer, had a floppy
open, and somehow the computer was restarted.

If this is so, I would expect this message until Explorer is opened and
floppy exited properly. I'd say it worth a try.

HTH.

Charles...


"Ed Shallenberger" <eshallenberger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:qOSXc.31035$A91.26494@okepread02...
> Thanks for the good try, but this article does not apply. It advises
> clearing the "Restore previous folder windows at logon." checkbox in
Windows
> Explorer. On the computer in question that checkbox has always been open.
> But thanks for trying.
>
> Ed
>
> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:uYI3YbKjEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Check it here:-
> > '"Please Insert a Disk into Drive A:" Message Continually Appears When
> > Starting the Computer'
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q282470
> >
> > regards,
> > ssg MS-MVP
> > pronetworks.org
> >
> > Ed Shallenberger wrote:
> >
> > > I just rebuilt my daughter's pc and installed a new motherboard.
After
> that
> > > win98 would not run in normal mode and would not "see" the CD drive in
> safe
> > > mode or from command prompt. Did not have original Win98 media, so
> could
> > > not reinstall -- decided to skip that and upgrade to XP. But the only
> way
> > > to see the CD was to boot from a floppy. From there on XP
installation
> went
> > > well enough, but now once the welcome screen displays any user logon
> results
> > > in a dialog box displaying the following:
> > >
> > > "SAS window: winlogon.exe - No Disk"
> > > "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive A:."
> > > "Cancel" "Retry" "Continue"
> > >
> > > If you put a floppy in A: logon coninues with no further problem -- it
> > > doesn't matter what kind of floppy or what sort of files are on it, as
> long
> > > as it is a readable floppy.
> > >
> > > As long as there is no floppy in A:, no matter which button you click,
> the
> > > dialog reappears. But if you click on "Continue" three successive
> times,
> > > login proceeds without further problems.
> > >
> > > I have not been able to figure out why XP wants to go look for a
floppy
> at
> > > this point, and I would like to find and fix the instruction that
seems
> to
> > > be causing this so I can give the machine back to my daughter without
> her
> > > having to deal with this silly quirk. Can anyone offer some help
here?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
>
>


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Thanks, all who have offered help, but none of these suggestions have
changed the picture yet.

Any other ideas, I am still willing to try anything that might help.

Ed

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news jWOESTjEHA.1344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:16:11 -0400, Ed Shallenberger wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the good try, but this article does not apply. It advises
> > clearing the "Restore previous folder windows at logon." checkbox in
Windows
> > Explorer. On the computer in question that checkbox has always been
open.
> > But thanks for trying.
> >
> > Ed
>
> Ed, look in her startup folder, Recent Documents and Start> Run list to
see
> if there's anything there pointing to the A: drive or a file with the A:
> drive in the path. If found, delete. To clear the Start> Run list, use the
> "Clear History" button Internet Options. This is an old Windows bug that
> pops up now and then in XP and clearing shortcuts from these places sets
> things right again.
>
> If still no luck, check settings in the antivirus program and set it to
> *not* scan the floppy disk on startup.
>
> IMPORTANT: If she's in the habit of bringing home floppy disks that come
in
> contact with other (possibly unprotected) systems and leaving them in the
> drive at shutdown, you will probably want to leave this setting enabled
and
> just have her keep a blank floppy in the drive to get past that startup
> problem. Better to let the antivirus program earn its keep than to be
> sorry.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:54:44 -0400, Ed Shallenberger wrote:

> Thanks, all who have offered help, but none of these suggestions have
> changed the picture yet.
>
> Any other ideas, I am still willing to try anything that might help.
>
> Ed

Ed, two things from your original post still stand out to me:

1) The message at startup is: "SAS window: winlogon.exe - No Disk" Any idea
what this SAS is? Found these links on google but don't know if it applies:
http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/stat/sas/win/1.html
http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/v7/winco...
Any idea if this was a part of the Win98 installation? If yes, consider a
clean install instead. You don't have a Win98 disk (stated in your previous
post so will have to work that out somehow).

Or are you using a customized XP CD of some kind provided by your
daughter's school or another source? Check with the source for more info on
SAS.

If there is a SAS application involved in this mix somewhere, you should be
able to disable this from running at startup using Start> Run> MSCONFIG.

2) Last idea: Perhaps something to do with the method used to convince the
cdrom drive to cooperate in setting up this system is at the root of all
this. Now that you have XP up and running, you may want to try a repair
install.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315341

NOTE: The above article applies to retail CD or a generic OEM CD. If your
Windows came preinstalled and your recovery media has been customized by
the manufacturer, check your system manual for restore/repair options and
for directions.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User