DoubleSpace Drives Not Viewable under Windows NT (90554)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1

This article was previously published under Q90554

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.

SYMPTOMS

When using MS-DOS DoubleSpace with Windows NT configured for Dual Boot, you cannot see your compressed files or run your MS-DOS-based programs when running MS-DOS Prompt under Windows NT.

CAUSE

To accomplish disk compression, DoubleSpace uses a device driver (loaded at system startup) to intercept disk reads and writes from the command line and MS-DOS-based applications. When you run MS-DOS Prompt under Windows NT, the DoubleSpace device driver is not loaded.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/8/2001
Keywords:KB90554