WinWord Err Msg: Unrecoverable Disk Error on rosoft [sic] Word

Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
Article ID: Q89916

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SYMPTOMS

Sometimes the following error message appears in Word for Windows:

   Unrecoverable disk error on rosoft Word.

CAUSE

The word "rosoft" is a truncation of the word "Microsoft." Microsoft has not yet determined the exact cause of this problem. We are researching the problem and will post more information here when it becomes available.

KBCategory:
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Additional query words: winword2 winword word6
2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c crash
hung locked up locking stops busy not responding gpf
Version : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
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