DriveSpace: DRVSPACX.VXD Is Removed, DRVSPACE.SYS /Move Is Not

Last reviewed: September 13, 1995
Article ID: Q124554

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

After you remove your last compressed drive, DriveSpace does one of the following:

Asks whether you want to remove the compression driver from memory.
-or-
Fails to remove a device statement in your CONFIG.SYS file.

MORE INFORMATION

At the end of an operation that removes your last compressed drive (either Uncompress or Delete), DriveSpace asks if the compression driver (DRVSPACX.VXD) should be removed from memory:

   Remove Compression?
   Your computer no longer contains any compressed drives.
   Do you want to remove the compression driver from memory?

The question implies that the driver will be removed immediately from memory; however, it is not actually removed until you restart the computer.

After you restart the computer, DRVSPACX.VXD is successfully removed from memory; however, the following line may remain in your CONFIG.SYS file

   Device=<path>\DRVSPACE.SYS /Move

where <path> is the Windows 95 COMMAND subdirectory (for example, C:\Windows\Command)

DRVSPACE.SYS /Move no longer serves a purpose because the DriveSpace driver is not loading. It is safe to remove this line from your CONFIG.SYS file.

Steps to Remove DRVSPACE.SYS /Move

Open the CONFIG.SYS file in a text editor (such as Microsoft WordPad).
Remove the following line:
```
      DEVICE=<path>\DRVSPACE.SYS /Move
```
Save the file, shut down and then restart Windows 95.

KBCategory: kbtool kbref kbprb
KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95 diskmem drvspace
Additional reference words: 95 dxxspace

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Last reviewed: September 13, 1995
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