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You can't label a disk (hard or floppy) with DOS 6.22 or earlier once it's
been labelled with Win95 or later.  If you don't need the data on the disk,
reformat it using format c: /u under DOS 6.22, otherwise, use Norton to remove
the label directory entry using the disk editor.

David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> 
> In article <73h34m$hp2$1@quince.news.easynet.net>
>            haeb@easynet.net "Harry Broomhall" writes:
> 
> > In article <912000949snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
> >         David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> > > Can anyone explain what it means when one gets a
> > > 
> > > "Cannot make directory entry" when using label to relabel a  hard 
> > > disk under DOS 6.22 (Dr Sol reports no virus).
> > 
> >   One possibility is that the root directory is full, so there is
> > no spare slot to put the label.  (The label is a directory entry
> > with special flags set.)   Try deleteing or moving some files out
> > of the root and try again.
> > 
> >   Regards,
> >     Harry.
> 
> An odd one this... I resorted to loading a DOS version of NORTON. 
> The  disk  had  been  Windows  95  and  the  DOS  6.22  had  been 
> reinstalled.  All  seemed fine, only about 10 files in  the  root 
> directory .. until I ran Norton and it spotted long filenames  in 
> the root directory - and asked if I wanted to remove them.
> 
> I should have looked for hidden files I guess..
> 
> -- 
> David Longley
> 
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