If you try to create an MDE database file from an existing database, and the target disk where you save the MDE file does not contain enough free disk space, Microsoft Access fails to create the MDE file and no error occurs.

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Select a target location for the MDE file with enough free disk space to store the database you are converting. In most cases, the MDE file will be smaller than the source database. If there is enough space on the target drive to store the source database, then there will be enough space to store the MDE file.

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1.	Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
2.	Insert a formatted disk into your computer's disk drive, or select a hard drive that has less than 1.44 megabytes (MB) of free disk space.
3.	On the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities, and then click Make MDE File.
4.	In the Save MDE As dialog box, select the disk drive or the hard drive with less than 1.44 MB of free space.
5.	Click the Save button.

When the operation finishes, note that the MDE file does not exist on the target drive, and you receive no error message. Note also that the status bar in Microsoft Access still reads "Make MDE." You must quit and restart Microsoft Access to remove the message.

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For more information about MDE files, search the Help Index for "MDE files," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

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