Q111757: CD-ROM Always Shows 127 MB Used and Zero Bytes Free

Article: Q111757
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): MS-DOS:4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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Last Modified: 18-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21 
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SUMMARY
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When you view disk information for a CD-ROM in File Manager, free disk space is
always reported as zero (0) bytes, and total disk space in use is always
reported as approximately 127 megabytes.

Microsoft Mulitmedia CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX.EXE) is coded to report a specific
number for both free space and bytes in use. Microsoft has confirmed this to be
a limitation of MSCDEX.EXE (all versions).

Microsoft Windows NT uses a different file system for addressing CD-ROM drives
and does not have this limitation.

Additional query words: wfw wfwg MSDOS DOSSHELL DOS SHELL FILE 131070 134215 130048 kbmm mmtitles 4.0 4.00 4.00a 4.01 5.00 5.00a 5.0 5.0a 6.00 6.20 win30 win31

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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