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Q115433: Mace Utilities Sector Editor Can Corrupt DriveSpace Drive

Article: Q115433
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.22 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Mace Utilities Sector Editor corrupts an MS-DOS 6.22 DriveSpace compressed
volume file (CVF).

CAUSE
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This problem occurs if you respond "Yes" to the message that the "In Memory"
copy of the file allocation table (FAT) should be written to the disk.

WORKAROUND
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To avoid this problem and prevent possible CVF corruption, use MS-DOS 6.22
ScanDisk to analyze your DriveSpace-compressed drives.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Mace Utilities Sector Editor is manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: drvspace crosslinks lost clusters cross link linked files corruption data loss

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622
Version           : MS-DOS:6.22

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