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Windows Drive not ready

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/windows-drive-not-ready.95671/

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hidayath7 Original post #1
Aug 15, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Hi am getting this message The drive is not ready; its door may be open plz check the drive\Device\hard disk\DR22 & make sure that a disk is closed. And one more problem is that when ever i got to task manager i get this message Sorry Sam and it will close i dont no who is this sam i have scanned full system by Bit defender antivirus but still am facing the same problem plz help me out Thanking u Hidayath
pushkar
pushkar #2
Aug 15, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Regarding the Sorry Sam message, I think the culprit is a virus. Although you have scanned using BitDefender, scan again using Avira Antivir or Kaspersky (fully updated).