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Q82553: Problems with SMARTDRV.EXE and Norton’s Disk Protect

Article: Q82553
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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Do not use the Disk Protect feature in Norton Utilities version 6.0 Disk Monitor
with SMARTDRV.EXE version 4.0, which ships with Microsoft Windows operating
system version 3.1. If you try to write to the protected drive, you will get an
error and your system will fail. If you want to write to and cache a protected
drive, add that drive letter to the SMARTDRV.EXE command line in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example, if drive D is a protected drive, you would add
the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

  SMARTDRV.EXE D

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it
becomes available.


Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 3.1

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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