DoubleSpace Err Msg Mounting CVF: There Is a Disk Error on... (103533)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q103533
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.

SYMPTOMS

If you copy a compressed volume file (CVF) to a DoubleSpace-compressed drive and attempt to mount the file, you receive the following messages:
DoubleSpace is mounting drive <letter>.
DoubleSpace cannot mount drive <letter>.
There is a disk error on drive <letter>. To fix it, type SCANDISK
<letter> at the command prompt.
For example, you receive this error if you copy DBLSPACE.001 to your compressed drive C and type dblspace /mount=1 c: at the MS-DOS command prompt. In addition, your drive C is unmounted.

CAUSE

DoubleSpace is not designed to support mounting CVFs from CVFs.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

  1. Restart your computer to gain access to your compressed drive.
  2. Copy the CVF from your compressed drive to an uncompressed drive.
  3. Mount the CVF from the uncompressed drive.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/22/1999
Keywords:KB103533
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