Drive Uncompress Fails Because Drive Letter Change Not Allowed This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
This article was previously published under Q136789 SYMPTOMS
When you try to uncompress a drive compressed with DriveSpace or
DoubleSpace, you may receive one of the following error messages:
- You compressed an existing drive and then installed Windows 95 on the
compressed drive.
- After you compressed a drive, you installed Windows 95 on the
uncompressed (host) portion of the drive.
- If a Windows-based program was installed on the host drive, there may
be references to the program's components in the registry or System.ini
file. For example, a .386 file may be referenced in the System.ini
file.
CAUSE
These error messages can occur for any of the following conditions:
RESOLUTION
You cannot uncompress the drive. If you want Windows 95 to be located in a
folder on a different drive, reinstall Windows 95 on that drive, and then
reinstall your programs.
NOTE: Installing Windows 95 in a new folder causes you to lose all the Windows configuration information. Make sure to back up all the unique data in the Windows folder before you perform this procedure. MORE INFORMATION
The Windows 95 registry contains many entries that refer to the path for
the Windows folder. These values are created when you install Windows 95.
If you change the path for the Windows folder by modifying its installed
drive letter, the entries become invalid.
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