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DRIVER.SYS Message: Please Insert a Diskette for Drive X:...

Article ID: 119686

Article Last Modified on 11/22/1999

Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q119686

SYMPTOMS

The following message occurs when you try to create a compressed drive using DoubleSpace or DriveSpace

Please insert a diskette for drive <x>: and press any key when ready

where <x> is a second logical drive associated with a single physical floppy disk drive.

CAUSE

This message is generated when DoubleSpace or DriveSpace examines the system if DRIVER.SYS is loading in the CONFIG.SYS file. DRIVER.SYS is a device driver that can be used to create a logical drive that refers to a physical floppy disk drive.

When an attempt is made to access the drive through this second logical drive letter, DRIVER.SYS prompts you to insert a disk and press any key before attempting to read the drive.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, start MS-DOS interactively by pressing the F8 key as soon as the text "Starting MS-DOS..." appears. When prompted to load DRIVER.SYS, choose "N" for No. You can then safely restart DoubleSpace or DriveSpace.

For more information about using the DRIVER.SYS device driver, type help driver.sys at an MS-DOS command prompt, or query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

driver.sys and floppy and disk and drive

Additional query words: 6.00 6.20 dblspace drvspace

Keywords: KB119686