No Disk Error

[gdfaini]

Thank you so much for this emulator! After 30+ years I can open, edit, and run my Z-BASIC Star Trek game. The emulator works fine, but I get the attached error every time I start it, either from the Start menu or a desktop shortcut. After I press Continue it works properly and I can access files in the Start In directory.
OS is Windows 7.

[robhagemans]

I'm not sure, I've not seen this kind of popup before. Do you perhaps have a drive letter mapped to that path on Windows?

By default, PC-BASIC will map all Windows drive letters to its own drive letters, so it's possible that if one of the drives is not reachable this may cause an error in Windows.

You can change this behaviour by using the mount option, either in the shortcut/command line or in the pcbasic.ini configuration file

[gdfaini]

Okay, I figured it out. The empty drive that PC-BASIC is flagging is the USB port on my HP Officejet printer. If I turn the printer off or put a thumb drive in the port PC-BASIC starts up without the error. Glenn D. Faini GDF Photography Private and UAS Pilot Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired View my photos here, on Flickr ***@***.***/albums

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 4:00 PM Rob Hagemans ***@***.***> wrote: *robhagemans* left a comment (robhagemans/pcbasic#252) <#252 (comment)> I'm not sure, I've not seen this kind of popup before. Do you perhaps have a drive letter mapped to that path on Windows? By default, PC-BASIC will map all Windows drive letters to its own drive letters, so it's possible that if one of the drives is not reachable this may cause an error in Windows. You can change this behaviour by using the mount option, either in the shortcut/command line or in the pcbasic.ini configuration file — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#252 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BUTRJKMNA56YFEHUJWNGUS33I76GLAVCNFSM6AAAAACBWP7HISVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTAOBVGMYDKMJWG4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[gdfaini]

That is odd since the directory that PC-BASIC is using is the default document folder on my C: drive. Glenn D. Faini GDF Photography Private and UAS Pilot Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired View my photos here, on Flickr ***@***.***/albums

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 6:13 PM Glenn Faini ***@***.***> wrote: Okay, I figured it out. The empty drive that PC-BASIC is flagging is the USB port on my HP Officejet printer. If I turn the printer off or put a thumb drive in the port PC-BASIC starts up without the error. Glenn D. Faini GDF Photography Private and UAS Pilot Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired View my photos here, on Flickr ***@***.***/albums On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 4:00 PM Rob Hagemans ***@***.***> wrote: > *robhagemans* left a comment (robhagemans/pcbasic#252) > <#252 (comment)> > > I'm not sure, I've not seen this kind of popup before. Do you perhaps > have a drive letter mapped to that path on Windows? > > By default, PC-BASIC will map all Windows drive letters to its own drive > letters, so it's possible that if one of the drives is not reachable this > may cause an error in Windows. > > You can change this behaviour by using the mount option, either in the > shortcut/command line or in the pcbasic.ini configuration file > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#252 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BUTRJKMNA56YFEHUJWNGUS33I76GLAVCNFSM6AAAAACBWP7HISVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTAOBVGMYDKMJWG4> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> >