Article ID: 104990
Article Last Modified on 11/21/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q104990
SYMPTOMS
This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.
If the DMDRVR.BIN command is loaded after SMARTDRV /DOUBLE_BUFFER in your CONFIG.SYS file and your hard disk drive has more than 1024 cylinders, it may appear that your compressed data is lost after you create a new DoubleSpace-compressed drive.
This problem occurs when you have other DoubleSpace-compressed drives and you try to create a new DoubleSpace-compressed drive using the Disk Manager partitioned drive as the host.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when DMDRVR.BIN is loaded after SMARTDRV DOUBLE_BUFFER in the CONFIG.SYS file. DMDRVR.BIN should be the first device loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem:
- Restart your computer and press CTRL+F5 when the "Starting MS-DOS..." message is displayed.
- Delete the C:\DBLSPACE.BIN and C:\DBLSPACE.INI files.
NOTE: You may have to remove the file attributes first.
- Restart your computer.
- Edit your CONFIG.SYS file with a text editor such as MS-DOS Editor.
- Move the DMDRVR.BIN command to the top of your CONFIG.SYS file.
- Save the CONFIG.SYS file and exit the text editor.
- Restart your computer.
- Run DoubleSpace and create the new DoubleSpace-compressed drive again.
Additional query words: 6.20
Keywords: KB104990
