Wrong Drive Icon and Format for Removable Drive
Article ID: 134608
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q134608
SYMPTOMS
The drive icon for a removable drive may be represented as a 3.5-inch
floppy disk drive instead of a removable drive. When this occurs, you
cannot format the drive using the graphical user interface (GUI) because
the correct capacity for the drive is not listed in the Capacity box in the
Format dialog box. Instead, you see only the capacities for a 3.5-inch
floppy disk drive (1.44 MB and 2.88 MB).
CAUSE
This problem may be caused by real-mode drivers for the removable drive in
the Config.sys file.
RESOLUTION
Format the drive using the FORMAT command at an MS-DOS prompt. Also,
disable the real-mode drivers for the drive in the Config.sys file so
that the drive is not real-mode-mapped.
Keywords: KB134608