Err Msg: System Error: Write Protected Disk in Drive x (87877)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q87877

SYMPTOMS

The following error message may appear when you run Windows 3.1 with Stacker versions 1.x or 2.0:
System Error: Write protected disk in drive x:
NOTE: The message may appear when you boot your machine.

CAUSE

This error appears when Stacker write protects the STACVOL.DSK file that it creates when Stacker is installed. Thus, any time Windows or any other program tries to write to the hard drive, it cannot because this file is write protected.

RESOLUTION

For information on how to remove the write protection from STACVOL.DSK, contact Stac Electronics.

MORE INFORMATION

If a file on the compressed drive becomes corrupt, Stacker write protects the STACVOL.DSK. It does this to protect the integrity of the stacked drive. (This file is located on the uncompressed drive and has the attributes read-only, hidden, and system. For example if there is one partition, drive C, then drive D has the STACVOL.DSK.)

Stacker is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we makeno warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product'sperformance or reliability.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win31
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/14/2003
Keywords:KB87877
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