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Compressed Read-Only Drive Not Mounted at Startup

Article ID: 174865

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q174865

SYMPTOMS

If Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) is installed on or configured to boot from a compressed drive, the compressed volume may not be mounted and Windows may not start if the drive is read-only. This may occur with removable disks such as floppy disks which can be write-protected.

CAUSE

The real-mode DriveSpace driver (Drvspace.bin) does not mount a compressed volume on a read-only drive.

RESOLUTION

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

96200 DoubleSpace Cannot Mount Compressed Write-Protected Disk

137001 Automatic Mounting in Real Mode Disabled in DriveSpace 3

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