Monday, August 11, 2014

Windows Drive Not Ready Exception Error

It is usually seen on Windows XP, Vista and 7 machines
















Solution:

1. Click Start, and type “regedit” to open registry editor.Press Enter.

2. In the Registry Editor, on the left pane, navigate to the following key by expanding the plus sign (+):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows  

3. Double-click on the key ErrorMode and set the data value to 2.

4.Restart the computer.


Notes: 
Always create a backup of the registry before editing. In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click it to restore the registry key
Right click on "Windows" (step 2) , click "Export", and then save it to the any drive.