Compressed Drive Not Mounted When Windows 95 Restarts

 Last reviewed: January 25, 1996
Article ID: Q134862
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you create a new compressed drive, or mount an existing compressed drive, on a non-removable media drive, and you then perform an operation that causes Windows 95 to restart, the compressed drive is not mounted after Windows 95 restarts. If you restart the computer, the compressed drive is mounted.

CAUSE

The protected-mode DriveSpace driver automatically mounts only compressed drives located on the following media:

  • Removable media drives.
  • Drives that cannot be accessed in real mode (for example, PCMCIA hard disks for which protected-mode drivers are loaded).
  • Drives that were originally mounted by the real-mode DriveSpace driver as the computer booted.

The new or existing compressed drive was not mounted by the real-mode DriveSpace driver when the computer started, so it is not automatically mounted by the protected-mode DriveSpace driver as Windows 95 restarts.

RESOLUTION

To mount the compressed drive, restart the computer.

MORE INFORMATION

A compressed drive that is located on a non-removable media drive is typically first mounted by the real-mode DriveSpace driver as the computer starts. As Windows 95 starts, the protected-mode DriveSpace driver inherits the currently mounted compressed drives, and automatically mounts any removable media or protected-mode-only drives currently in the system.

KBCategory: kbtool kbenv
KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95 drvspace
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: January 25, 1996
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