[GNC] No Disk error

[Colin Law]

Googling  for that error message finds lots of hits.  It seems to be
do do with having a drive that windows thinks is there but actually
isn't.  Something like that anyway.  There are some solutions offered.

Colin
On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 at 04:39, jeffrey black <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/22/2018 1:43 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> > Were either of you at any time storing your GnuCash files on an SD card?
> >
> > If so, I’d suggest using a card to load the file, then doing a Save As elsewhere (with the card still in the drive). Then close and re-open GnuCash to load from the new location. THEN Safely Eject and remove the SD card.
> >
> > Otherwise, some sort of bug is at play.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> >> On Aug 22, 2018, at 7:30 AM, Mike stagl <m_stagl at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have the same issue on Windows 7 and GnuCash 3.2, and I believe its because I have several SD card readers on my machine and no cards installed in them.
> >>
> >>
> >> I haven't looked into a work around yet, but I agree its highly annoying.
> >>
> >>
> >> I figure I'll need to uninstall my SD card readers in order to stop the alerts.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone else have any thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Patrick Murez <patrickruashi at gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 1:34 AM
> >> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> >> Subject: [GNC] No Disk error
> >>
> >> Dear all I want to report a problem already submitted in this mailing list
> >> with no answer so far:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I am starting over with gnucash, and thought I'd do a clean re-install.
> >> Note, I am on windows, and have removed all the gnucash files I could
> >> find before installing 3.1.
> >>
> >> However, now I am getting an annoying error message every time I try to
> >> look at the preferences, as well as when I do "save as":
> >>
> >> Gnucash.exe - No Disk
> >> There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
> >> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1.
> >>
> >> I have the options Cancel, Try Again and Continue. Try Again just pops
> >> up the message again, so do the other two too. However, if I click
> >> enough times on Cancel or Continue, the message goes away.
> >>
> >> Note, when I change something in Preferences, that change stays when I
> >> quit and restart.
> >>
> >> This is quite annoying, and if anybody could shed some light on what has
> >> happened and how to get rid of said message, I'd be very happy.
> >>
> >> Karin
> >>
> >> your help will great.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
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> I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest it is a Micro$oft
> "upgrade" problem.  My home Winoze server is up 24/7 (yes I know, ughh
> run a real os ), barring power outages out here in the sticks.
>
> I do not know how many updates my computer installed since its last
> reboot but; I do know that I have had trouble for the last week
> accessing usb drives.  Part of the time they exist and part of time they
> don't according to windoze.
>
> Not much help but; a little more information.
>
> --
> --JEffrey Black M.B.A.
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