Zip Disks compressed by Drivespace

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Hi,

I have recently upgraded to Windows XP Professional, but I have several
old zip disks that were compressed using Drivespace under Windows 98SE.

Is there any way I can access these disks to get the stuff off them
using XP? When I try accessing the drive I just get a file displayed
called READTHIS.TXT which says the following:-

"This disk was compressed using Windows 98 DriveSpace.
To use this disk, you must first mount it. To mount it:

1. Run DriveSpace in Windows.

2. In the Drives list, click the drive that contains the disk,
and then click Mount on the Advanced menu.

To automatically mount all compressed devices, use the Settings
command on the Advanced menu.

(If this file is located on a drive other than the drive that
contains the compressed disk, then the disk is already mounted)."

I do not have access to a computer with Windows 98 on it at this time.

Any help or suggestions will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance

Mark Lory.

 

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A floppy boot with all the right stuff in config.sys should give access in dos. A dos copy will not do long filenames.

see http://bootdisk.com

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Mark L." <marklory@eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.e4ed7d570ef68e17.36571@eclipse.co.uk...
> Hi,
>
> I have recently upgraded to Windows XP Professional, but I have several old zip disks that were compressed using Drivespace under
> Windows 98SE.
>
> Is there any way I can access these disks to get the stuff off them using XP? When I try accessing the drive I just get a file
> displayed called READTHIS.TXT which says the following:-
>
> "This disk was compressed using Windows 98 DriveSpace.
> To use this disk, you must first mount it. To mount it:
>
> 1. Run DriveSpace in Windows.
>
> 2. In the Drives list, click the drive that contains the disk,
> and then click Mount on the Advanced menu.
>
> To automatically mount all compressed devices, use the Settings
> command on the Advanced menu.
>
> (If this file is located on a drive other than the drive that
> contains the compressed disk, then the disk is already mounted)."
>
> I do not have access to a computer with Windows 98 on it at this time.
>
> Any help or suggestions will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance
>
> Mark Lory.
>
>

 

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>Mark L Ferguson wrote:-
>
> A floppy boot with all the right stuff in config.sys should give access in
> dos. A dos copy will not do long filenames.
>
> see http://bootdisk.com
>


Hi Mark,

Thanks for that tip, as Windows wouldn't even display the compressed
"drive". Going into DOS and changing the file attributes meant I was
able to copy the compressed file onto my hard drive, which was a
massive help because I couldn't do anything with it before.

For info to anyone else with this problem, I then used Microsoft
Virtual PC to run windows 98 and was able to mount the drive and get
all the data out that way. I now have all my stuff back and have
reformatted my zip disks to work normally instead of as compressed.

If nyone wants a run down of what I did, I can post it. It is a bit
long winded, and there may be a better way, but it worked for me!

Mark L.