PRJ: "Error Reading Disk" Closing or Saving File

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, versions 4.1, 4.1a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project when you close or save a file, you may receive the following error message

   Error Reading Disk in Drive A:

      Please Insert Disk
      With Serial Number 0000-0000 in Drive A:

   Press ENTER for OK or ESC to Cancel: OK

Additionally, if you wait too long to respond to this error message, your computer stops responding (hangs), and you must turn it off and on again to return to Windows. This problem does not occur under Windows NT.

CAUSE

This problem occurs with a file that you have saved to a floppy disk if you do any of the following:

• Remove the floppy disk while the file is still open in Microsoft Project and then close the project or close Microsoft Project
• Save the file to a different floppy disk while the file is still open in Microsoft Project
• Remove the floppy disk while the file is still being saved

This problem occurs when Microsoft Project attempts to access a file on a floppy disk when that floppy disk (and file) is no longer available. A file is open on a floppy disk while the file is open in Microsoft Project. If Microsoft Project is attempting to close or save a file on a floppy disk, and the floppy disk is no longer in the drive, your receive the error message described above.

WORKAROUNDS

To avoid having your computer hang when you receive this error message, use either of the following methods:

Method 1:   When you receive this error message, quickly press the ESC key.

Method 2:   When you receive this error message, quickly insert the floppy
            disk that contains the file back in the floppy disk drive and
            press ENTER.