Article ID: 106141
Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
- 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
This article was previously published under Q106141
SYMPTOMS
If you are running STAC Electronics Stacker version 3.0 or 3.1 on your computer, you may receive the following errors when you use the MS-DOS DISKCOPY and FORMAT commands on floppy disks:
With DISKCOPY:
With FORMAT:
-or-
-or-
-or-
CAUSE
According to STAC Electronics, these problems are caused by Stacker's AutoMount feature. If you remove a Stacker-compressed floppy disk and insert an uncompressed disk in the same drive, you may be unable to use the MS-DOS DISKCOPY and FORMAT commands on the uncompressed disk until the drive is unmounted. In addition, a Stacker-compressed disk must first be unmounted before it can be formatted with the MS-DOS FORMAT command.
WORKAROUND
To work around these problems, first unmount the disk drive. This can be done by typing stacker -x: at the MS-DOS command prompt (where <x> is the letter of the floppy disk drive) or by removing the compressed floppy disk from the drive and rebooting the computer.
MORE INFORMATION
Stacker 3.0 and 3.1 are manufactured by STAC Electronics, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.
REFERENCES
"Stacker 3.0 for Windows and DOS User's Guide," pages 137 and 274
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