Microsoft KB Archive/97604

= Using MemMaker with a Drive That Requires a Device Driver =

Article ID: 97604

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q97604



SUMMARY
If your boot drive (usually drive C) cannot be written to until a device driver is loaded, MemMaker cannot function properly. To work around this problem, perform the following steps:
 * 1) Use the SYS command to create an MS-DOS startup (boot) floppy disk. For example, from the MS-DOS command prompt, type SYS C: A: and press ENTER.
 * 2) Copy MEMMAKER.EXE, CHKSTATE.SYS, HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, and SIZER.EXE to the startup floppy disk in drive A.
 * 3) Copy your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to the floppy disk in drive A and modify them as appropriate to cause them to restart the system properly. For example, if you have a device statement such as &quot;device=drv.sys&quot;, modify the statement to explicitly look at drive C (&quot;device=c:\drv.sys&quot;).
 * 4) With the floppy disk in drive A, restart computer.
 * 5) From the MS-DOS command prompt on drive A, type &quot;MEMMAKER&quot; (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.
 * 6) When MemMaker is finished, copy the modified CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to drive C.
 * 7) Using MS-DOS Editor, edit the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT file to ensure the path statements for HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE point to the hard drive. For example, make sure the device statement for HIMEM.SYS is DEVICE\C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS, and not DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS.

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Keywords: KB97604

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