File Manager Err Msg: The Destination Drive Is Full

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you copy files to a floppy disk using File Manager, you receive the following error message:

   The destination drive is full.
   Insert a new disk to continue

CAUSE

Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11

This problem occurs under Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11 when the total file size exceeds the available space on the destination disk (so that a second disk is required to complete the copy procedure).

When you check the files on the first disk, you find that the date and time stamps of all the files copied have been changed to reflect the current system date and time. Even if you cancel this procedure, the date and time stamps of those files copied to the first disk are modified.

Windows 3.1 and 3.11

This problem occurs under Windows 3.1 and 3.11 when the destination floppy disks contain the same directory name as the source directory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11 and Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.