DriveSpace 3 Cannot Compress Drive with 22 Local Drives

ID: Q135813

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use DriveSpace 3 to compress a drive on a computer with 22 local drives, you receive the following error message:

Drive letters C through Z are in use. You need a free drive letter to mount a compressed drive.

To free a drive letter, disconnect a network drive or unmount a compressed drive you aren't using now.

RESOLUTION

To compress a drive on a computer with the configuration stated above, you must add the line "firstdrive=Y" to the Drvspace.ini file. The Drvspace.ini file should be located in the root directory of the compressed drive, and should have its Hidden, Read-Only, and System attributes set. To remove these attributes (so you can edit the file), type the following line at an MS-DOS prompt:

attrib -r -h -s drvspace.ini

Add the line firstdrive=Y to the beginning of the file, save and close the file, and then restart Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords : drvspace win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
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