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Divide by Zero or Overflow error

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by mederose

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When I open a CD from one of our Cdtowers I get the following message: "Divide by zero or overflow error. This is a system error. I've also tried installing the CD on the local hard drive and when I start the application the above message is repeated.

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by maxwell edison

The divide error messages are caused when the computer or software attempts run a process that attempts to perform a mathematical division by zero, which is an illegal operation. This error message could also be caused by a computer or software limitation or conflict with computer memory.

This issue can be caused by any of the following possibilities:

Hardware / software incompatibility
Error with autoexec.bat / config.sys
Driver issue
Software issue
External Cache / 2nd level Cache
Improper calculation
Operating System issue
Hardware issue

See this site for the appropriate resolution:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000396.htm

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I've also see this error mentioned with Microsoft FoxPro softwere. See this link to that Microsoft article if that is the case:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q240982

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Maxwell

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