Reading disks formatted in Win 98 drvspace3

[David Crawford Jr]

I've got three Zip 100M's that I formatted in Windows 98
under drvspace3 format. Now I am working in Win XP
Professional and I am not sure how to get these read.
Help!

 

[Chris Lanier]

you can't. you will have to get it onto different media without using
drvspace.

 

[Ken Blake]

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I've got three Zip 100M's that I formatted in Windows 98
under drvspace3 format. Now I am working in Win XP
Professional and I am not sure how to get these read.

Windows XP can not read drivespaced media. You'll need to take
these to a Windows 98 machine, un-drivespace them there, and copy
them to other media.

 

[Alex Nichol]

've got three Zip 100M's that I formatted in Windows 98
under drvspace3 format. Now I am working in Win XP
Professional and I am not sure how to get these read.

Drivespace used real mode drivers that has to be loaded at boot - these
will absolutely not be permitted in XP, and no one is interested in
writing 32 bit ones for what is an obsolete technique.

You will have to get the data off the disks in a Win98 with DriveSpace,
and then use some alternative means of transfer (say a CD-R disk). At a
pinch you could probably zip them and put them on floppies, if necessary
with a 'span disks' facility, as in WinZip