DoubleSpace Doesn't Support Logical Drive B on Single Floppy (104889)


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 Q104889

SUMMARY

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.

DoubleSpace does not work correctly if you mount two DoubleSpace- compressed floppy disks on drive letters A and B if you only have one physical floppy disk drive.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have one floppy disk drive (A) but can access it as A or B, you will encounter problems with DoubleSpace if you manually mount a DoubleSpace-compressed floppy disk on both drives A and B.

NOTE: The DoubleSpace Automount code disables itself for logical drive B if you have only one floppy disk drive.

To avoid this problem, do not use the logical drive B to manually mount a DoubleSpace-compressed floppy disk.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/20/1999
Keywords:KB104889
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