Emergency Repair Disk Information Requires 1.44-MB Floppy Disk

 Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
Article ID: Q156052
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to create an Emergency Repair Disk using a 720 floppy disk, you receive either of the following messages:

  • Setup Setup was unable to format the disk
  • Repair Disk Utility Repair Disk Utility was unable to format the disk

Then you receive either of the following error messages:
  • Setup Setup was unable to create the Emergency Repair Disk from the disk you provided because the disk could not be formatted. Insert a new disk into drive A: and select Retry.
  • Repair Disk Utility Repair Disk Utility was unable to create the Emergency Repair Disk from the disk you provided because the disk could not be formatted. Insert a new disk into drive A: and select Retry.

CAUSE

The Emergency Repair Disk information requires more than 720K of floppy disk space. Windows NT always attempts to format the floppy disk for the Emergency Repair Disk to 1.44 MB.

RESOLUTION

You must use a 1.44-MB floppy disk to create an Emergency Repair Disk.

Additional query words: prodnt high erd
Keywords : kbsetup ntsetup NTSrvWkst ntutil
Version : 4.0
Platform : WinNT
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
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