WackoErrorThatDoesNothingAndIsStupid

[OuTpaTienT]

Just hit F5 to refresh, that'll fix it. Most of us seem to get this same thing. I forget what causes it, but as you say, it's harmless.

[stylin19]

warthog

i get that after i run shopvac. I can read and write to both of them, even tho one appears to be a mirror of the other.

I have 2 hard drives and it only happens to my last (2nd) hard drive.

It also looks like your it's your last drive ( or partition)..... curious.

A warm reboot gets things back in sync for me.

[Warthog]

You mean they are both mirrors of my last drive (D)?

Warthog

[Warthog]

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Just curious if anybody has seen this before. It is completely harmless. I open Explorer again and it's gone. It's just there.

Warthog

[stylin19]

warthog

guess it's not exactley the same thing as i get.
I just assumed W: was one of your drives or partitions.
( I do know what i get when i ASSUME http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif )

oh well.....never mind !

[Beemers]

I had a Microsoft Online Support Engineer take a look at this thread and his reply was no known solution.
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Product -- Windows 98 EN
Priority -- Important - Severity C
This problem can be duplicated.
I am working with multiple PC's and this problem occurs on several of them.
Problem Description --
PID: 79878-007-3407214-34886

Could you please take a look at this thread on SysOpt.com? It describes the 2, "W" drives when performing systems files changes I believe.
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/009653.html
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Hi Gene,

Thank you for using Microsoft Online Support. My name is Paul and I will be
working with you to resolve this issue.

I have read your information, and I have the following ideas, which may assist
you.

In your message you want toknow about the two W drives that show up in the
Windows Explorer.

I took a look at the thread that you sent me, but not much to go on.
Ghost drives can be caused by several different things
-mapped network drives if you are on a network
-a cd-rom that has assigned a drive range to it
-disk utility programs

I have looked into our knowledge base, and found a few issues with this exact
problem reported, but no set resolution.

The first, and easiest thing to look at would be the cdrom. Open the system
icon in control panel, and select the device manager tab. Click the plus sign
(+) beside the cdrom, and open the properties for the cdrom drive listed.
Click on the settings tab, and look at the "Reserved Drive Letters" section.
If the start and end drive letter is not the same, set it to be the same
letter. Sometimes, if the start letter is D and the end letter is G, you may
come across drives D, E, F, and G

The next option would be to do a clean boot to rule out any 3rd-party program
or driver causing this issue.

Many problems running Windows or programs occur because of conflicting drivers,
terminate-and-stay-resident programs (TSRs), and other settings that are
loaded when your computer starts. Windows 98 includes a System Configuration
Utility tool (Msconfig.exe) to make performing a "clean boot" much easier
(Clean-boot troubleshooting refers to methods of reducing problems that may
occur because of your computer's environment).

Start System Configuration Utility with the Run command. To do so, click Start,
click Run, type "msconfig.exe" (without quotation marks), and then click OK,
and then follow these steps:

1. On the General tab, click Selective Startup, and then click to clear
the following check boxes:

- Process Config.sys File
- Process Autoexec.bat File
- Process Winstart.bat File (if available)
- Process System.ini File
- Process Win.ini File
- Load Startup Group Items

2. Click OK, and then restart your computer when you are prompted.

Each check box (except for Load Startup Group Items) represents files that
are renamed with a troubleshoot (.tsh) extension when you clear the check
box. Load Startup Group Items represents icons inthe Startup folder or
entries in the following registry keys registry:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
RunServices

When you click the Load Startup Group Items check box to clear it, the
registry entries are written to the following keys:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
RunServices-

The icons in the Startup folder are moved to the Disabled Startup Items
folder in the Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder.

When you click to clear an entry in a file, a "remark" statement is placed
at the beginning of each line. For the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files,
"rem tshoot" is used, followed by a space. For the System.ini and Win.ini
files, "; tshoot" is used, followed by a space. These remarks are removed
when you click to select an entry that was cleared previously.When you
click to select an item in the Startup tab, the registry entry is restored
to its original location.

You must restart your computer each time you make a change to any of the
startup files because they are only read when your computer starts.

This process will allow you to perform a "clean boot" to eliminate all programs
and drivers that launch with Windows 98 as a cause of the problem. When you
are completed with your troubleshooting, remember to go back to the System
Configuration Utility tool, and on the General Tab, select the Normal Startup
option and reboot the computer to restore your original settings.

Please try the suggestions and let me know the result.
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Not much to go on.


Cheers!