Article: Q105181
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.2,6.22; WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): msdos win95
Last Modified: 31-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.2, 6.22
- Microsoft Windows 95
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SYMPTOMS
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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.
If you install DoubleSpace on a machine that already has SMARTDrive installed,
you receive the following error message:
You must specify the host drive for a DoubleSpace drive.
CAUSE
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This situation occurs when you have write caching enabled for a specific drive,
and you then run DoubleSpace to compress it. For example, if you have "SMARTDRV
C+" in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to specify read/write caching for drive C and then
you compress drive C, you receive the error message noted above.
This situation occurs because DoubleSpace installation does not modify the
SMARTDRV command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
RESOLUTION
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To work around this situation, use a text editor such as MS-DOS Editor to edit
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and change the SMARTDRV command so that it automatically
determines which drives to cache. For example:
SMARTDRV
Additional query words: 6.20 6.22
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Keywords : msdos win95
Technology : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620
Version : MS-DOS:6.2,6.22; WINDOWS:95
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