Accessing a compressed DriveSpace/DoubleSpace drive from Windows XP

J

Jim White

Does anyone know ... How do I access a compressed
DriveSpace/DoubleSpace drive (Created with MS-DOS 6.x)
from Windows XP Professional?
 
J

Jim Macklin

Mount the drive on a DOS 6 or Windows 98 computer and
decompress the drive.


message | Does anyone know ... How do I access a compressed
| DriveSpace/DoubleSpace drive (Created with MS-DOS 6.x)
| from Windows XP Professional?
|
 
S

Star Fleet Admiral Q

You don't. As the previous poster noted, you'll need the exact same OS and
Drivespace that was used to create it to access it.
 
N

NobodyMan

Does anyone know ... How do I access a compressed
DriveSpace/DoubleSpace drive (Created with MS-DOS 6.x)
from Windows XP Professional?
Click to expand...

From within XP, you don't. DriveSpace/DoubleSpace volumes are not
readable or supported under XP.
 
P

Peter Hutchison

Does anyone know ... How do I access a compressed
DriveSpace/DoubleSpace drive (Created with MS-DOS 6.x)
from Windows XP Professional?
Click to expand...

You don`t. You MUST uncompress the drive on a old system that
compressed it in the first place. XP does not support Drive/Double
space compressed drives.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
 

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