ASPI4DOS Should Not Be Loaded High
PSS ID Number: Q105184
Article last modified on 11-02-1993
PSS database name: O_MSDOS

6.20

MS-DOS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.2
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SUMMARY
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ASPI4DOS.SYS and other ASPI device drivers should not be loaded into
the upper memory area (UMA). If ASPI4DOS.SYS is loaded high, you may
experience read errors or data loss with Windows, SMARTDrive, or
ScanDisk.

MORE INFORMATION
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To help prevent ASPI4DOS.SYS from being loaded into upper memory, the
MEMEMAKER.INF file includes the following ASPI entries to load ASPI
device drivers before HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE:

   ^ASPI4DOS
   ^ASPI3X90
   ^ASPI3X92

Additional reference words: 6.20 data corruption 

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.