Microsoft KB Archive/226870

= Error Message: Drive Cannot Be Compressed...DRVSPACE 748 =

Article ID: 226870

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q226870



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to compress a drive using DriveSpace 3, you may receive the following error message:

Drive : cannot be compressed because its root directory is too large. IDNUMBER: DRVSPACE748



CAUSE
This error message occurs because the root folder of the drive is capable of holding more than 512 entries. This can occur under any of the following conditions:
 * A third-party disk partitioning utility was used to partition the drive.
 * A utility was used to convert the drive to the FAT32 file system and then back to the FAT16 file system.
 * The drive was created from a drive image that had the drive properties set incorrectly.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
Use the third-party disk partitioning utility to set the partition with the following properties:   Partition size: <2 GB   File system: FAT16 Root folder size: 512 entries Partition size   Cluster size --  1 GB - 2 GB           32 KB   512 MB - 1 GB         16 KB   256 MB - 511 MB        8 KB   32 MB - 255 MB         4 KB For information about how to use your disk partitioning software, please consult the software's documentation or manufacturer.

Method 2
Remove and re-create the partition using the Fdisk utility.

Note that formatting alone does not correct the problem.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB226870

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