Home FAQ Solitaire FAQs I receive the error: "Drive error? either the speed setting is too high, or a bad sector was encountered". What is causing this?

I receive the error: "Drive error? either the speed setting is too high, or a bad sector was encountered". What is causing this?

I receive the error: "Drive error? either the speed setting is too high, or a bad sector was encountered". What is causing this?

Answer

This error is typically the result of using older (slower) drives or drives that have weak or bad sectors. Defragmenting the master drive, or setting the speed setting to slow can sometimes resolve this error.