Michael Heavener wrote: > > Since you mentioned your drivespace drive is H:, it sounds like you don't > have the line > Lastdrive=H > in your config.sys Thanks Micheal- but no cigar- Still won;t automount, and the drive letter specified no longer appears in the list. > > At 12:37 PM 2/20/98 +1030, you wrote: > >Does anyone know why drivespace won't automatically mount a compressed > >drive? > >The drive, omce I mount it with the Drivespace application works fine, > >it's just not there when I re-boot. > > > >Two clues- whatever letter I assign is *not available* in the drive list > >once I re-boot. That is, if I assign the compressed drive to be H:, it > >works absolutely OK for the duration of the session. But, when I next > >start-up, I can assign it to any letter, but not H, which does not > >appear in the list of drives. Again, this does not affect the use of the > >compressed drive, once I use DriveSpace to mount it. > > > >Clue 2- if I try to change the size of the drive, Drivespace wants to > >re-boot, and the gives a message I should run Scandisk on C: and > >c:\drvspac.001. I have run scandisk many times- no errors found. I have > >also deleted all compressed drives, run scandisk, ( no errors) and > >created a new compressed drive. The symptoms don't change.I have also > >run a complete de-frag, both on the compressed and normal drives, and on > >the drive after deleteing all compressed drives. No change in symptoms. > > > >I am using an NEC Versa 4000c notebook computer-Pentium 75, 24Mb RAM, > >800Mb disk drive. > > > >Any help much appreciated . > > > > > >Bill Cooper > > > > -- Bill Cooper, Area Manager Amfac Chemdata Group 258 Payneham Road, Payneham SA 5070 Phone 08 8362 4855 Fax 08 8362 4554 Mobile 041 444 1088 Email [log in to unmask]