Cannot Compress Write-Protected Removable Media
Article ID: 158850
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Plus! 95 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q158850
SYMPTOMS
When you are compressing a write-protected disk in a removable media drive
with DriveSpace, you may receive a message stating that there are errors
on the disk. This message is likely to occur with large-capacity removable
media when the compress operation is approximately 16 percent complete,
and with floppy disks when the compress operation is approximately 25
percent complete.
CAUSE
DriveSpace in OEM Service Release 2 and DriveSpace 3 in Microsoft Plus!
perform read and write testing.
RESOLUTION
Remove the write protection on the disk and then run the DriveSpace
operation again.
MORE INFORMATION
When you run ScanDisk with OEM Service Release 2 or Microsoft Plus!,
ScanDisk may report that the disk is write-protected when the operation is
approximately 16 percent complete with large removable media or when the
operation is approximately 25 percent complete with floppy disks.
Windows 95 DriveSpace performs read testing but does not perform write
testing.
Keywords: KB158850