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ARTICLE-ID:Q96327
TITLE :Disconnected Network Drive Icon Becomes Floppy Disk Drive Icon
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1
- Microsoft LAN Manager versions 2.1, 2.1a, and 2.2
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Summary:
Under certain circumstances, Windows File Manager may not disconnect
from a network drive correctly. After attempting to disconnect, the
network drive icon changes to a floppy disk drive icon. If you choose
the floppy icon, File Manager displays an error message stating that
no floppy disk in the drive. Until you reboot your computer, File
Manager maintains the dysfunctional floppy disk drive icon.
To work around this problem, do the following:
1. Change to your DoubleSpace host partition and use the ATTRIB
command to remove the hidden, system, and read-only attributes of
the DBLSPACE.INI file:
attrib dblspace.ini -h -s -r
2. Open DBLSPACE.INI in a text editor, such as MS-DOS Editor. You
should see two lines similar to the following (not necessarily in this
order):
LastDrive=M
ActivateDrive=H,C0
3. Change the ActivateDrive= statement's first parameter to the next
drive letter following your last physical drive letter. For example,
if you have two partitions (C and D) on one physical hard drive, set
ActivateDrive= to E.
Warning: If you use the incorrect drive letters when you edit the
ActivateDrive= line in the DBLSPACE.INI file, the system may stop
responding (hang) when you restart it.
4. Set LastDrive= to the same letter you used in step 3. As with the
previous example, if you have one physical drive and two
partitions, C and D, your DBLSPACE.INI file would include the
following lines:
LastDrive=E
ActivateDrive=E,C0
5. Save the changes you made to the DBLSPACE.INI file and use the
ATTRIB command to reset its attributes as follows:
attrib dblspace.ini +h +s +r
6. Restart your computer.
After you restart your computer, DoubleSpace uses the new drive letter
as its host partition. This results in no available drive letters
between your physical hard disk drive and the DoubleSpace host
partition to use for network redirections. You must use drive letters
following the host partition drive letter; this effectively avoids the
floppy disk drive icon problem.
Note: This procedure restricts the creation of additional DoubleSpace
compressed drives. If you later decide to create additional compressed
drives, you must change the LastDrive= statement in the DBLSPACE.INI
file to a higher letter than the one specified in ActivateDrive=. For
example, if your host drive is assigned to D, your DBLSPACE.INI file
should include the following lines:
LastDrive=E
ActivateDrive=D,C0
This gives DoubleSpace the necessary drive letter to use when it
creates another DoubleSpace compressed drive.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Run DBLSPACE to determine the DoubleSpace host partition drive
letter.
2. Before you start Windows, use the LAN Manager command, NET USE, to
connect to a network drive, specifying a drive letter prior to the one
used by the DoubleSpace host partition.
3. Start Windows and run File Manager.
4. From the Disk menu, choose Disconnect Drive or Network Connections
(depending on your version of LAN Manager). Disconnect the network
drive you connected to in step 2.
After you close the network dialog box, the network drive icon changes
to a floppy disk drive icon. If you choose this icon, File Manager
notifies you that there is no disk in the floppy disk drive.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS version 6.0. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here as it
becomes available.
Additional reference words: 6.00