QEMM/Desqview Diskette Error

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2 total messages Started by basiaga,dennis j Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:41

#1862

Author: basiaga,dennis j
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:41

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I'm having a particular problem and don't know whether its related to 4DOS
or Desqview.  My machine is an IBM PS/2-55sx 4mb RAM, with Desqview/386 v2.42,
QEMM 6.02, 4DOS 4.01 revision D, and HyperDisk v4.51.

The problem occurs when I open a DOS window in Desqview and attempt to write
to a diskette that is write-protected.  I get a "DOS PROMPT" window with the
message "Write protect error writing drive A - Select Retry Abort Fail".
If I remove the write protect tab from the diskette and select "Retry"
everything work correctly.  If while in the same DOS window session I change
diskettes and attempt to copy files to this new diskette I get another
"DOS PROMPT" window with the message "Invalid disk change error reading
drive A - Select Retry Abort Fail".  This problem persists even if I completely
back out of Desqview and must reboot to clear this error.  No problems occur
if I repeat this scenario without ever getting into Desqview to begin with.
(This problems occurs with my internal 3.5" drive, I've not experimented
with my external 5.25" drive)

In my setup for the DOS window in Desqview I reserve 2k of system memory -
which has solved other problems I have had related to diskettes.
  
Does anyone know what is causing this ? or what the solution is ?

+------------------------------------------+
|            Dennis J. Basiaga             |
| Bell Communications Reasearch (BELLCORE) |
|      dennisb@dancer.cc.bellcore.com      |
+------------------------------------------+

Re: QEMM/Desqview Diskette Error

#1869

Author: mike batchelor
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:39

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dennisb@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (basiaga,dennis j) writes:
>
> I'm having a particular problem and don't know whether its related to 4DOS
> or Desqview.  My machine is an IBM PS/2-55sx 4mb RAM, with Desqview/386 v2.42,
> QEMM 6.02, 4DOS 4.01 revision D, and HyperDisk v4.51.
> 
> The problem occurs when I open a DOS window in Desqview and attempt to write
> to a diskette that is write-protected.  I get a "DOS PROMPT" window with the
> message "Write protect error writing drive A - Select Retry Abort Fail".
> If I remove the write protect tab from the diskette and select "Retry"
> everything work correctly.  If while in the same DOS window session I change
> diskettes and attempt to copy files to this new diskette I get another
> "DOS PROMPT" window with the message "Invalid disk change error reading
> drive A - Select Retry Abort Fail".  This problem persists even if I completely
> back out of Desqview and must reboot to clear this error.  No problems occur
> if I repeat this scenario without ever getting into Desqview to begin with.
> (This problems occurs with my internal 3.5" drive, I've not experimented
> with my external 5.25" drive)

Do you have Hyperdisk configured to cache floppy disks?  This is the
default.  Add f:- to the hyperdisk command line and try it again.



[] ---
[] Mike Batchelor <> Long Beach, California
[] mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us <or> mikebat@qdeck.com

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