[GNC] No Disk error

[Arthur]

Guess I'm late to the party.  Here's a link to an article from 5 years 
ago that says the same stuff and more, and explains more clearly.

https://www.accountexnetwork.com/blog/2013/08/fixing-the-there-is-no-disk-in-the-drive-error/


On 8/23/2018 3:23 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> 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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