Article ID: 150579 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 2.2

DriveSpace Is Not Supported with FAT32 Drives

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to compress a drive with DriveSpace or DriveSpace 3, you may receive the following error message:
Drive C cannot be compressed because it is a FAT32 drive.

ID Number: DRVSPACE738

Also, when you view Drivespace 3 Properties the size of a hard disk is listed as 2 gigabytes (GB) when the drive is larger than 2 GB. This may happen on FAT32 drives.
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CAUSE

DriveSpace was designed to work with the FAT12 and FAT16 file systems and cannot be used with drives using the FAT32 file system.

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STATUS

This feature is under review and will be considered for inclusion in a future release.

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 95
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