Reading dblspaced disks

Hi

Is there a way to read old dos/win95 dblspaced images in xp?

Thanks

Regards

No!

The disk must be mounted on a computer that has DoubleSpace (Win95)

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Regards,

Richard Urban
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"John" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to read old dos/win95 dblspaced images in xp?
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> Thanks
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> Regards
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Hi,

Not in XP or in Vista. There may be some third party products that can read
this old compression system, you might try a search on google.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"John" <> wrote...
> Is there a way to read old dos/win95 dblspaced images in xp?

G'day John,

There is no 32-bit Dblspace driver for XP or Vista. The only reliable way to
read a dblspace volume is to mount it under MS-DOS or Windows 9x.

If you don't have a spare DOS machine floating around, one workaround would
be to configure a virtual machine, using Virtual PC. This is a free
download:

Virtual PC 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx

Install Virtual PC on your XP machine, Then create a new Virtual Machine,
and install MS-DOS or Windows 95 into the virtual machine. Then use this VM
to mount your old dblspace disks. Once they are mounted, copy the data
across to a shared folder on the host XP machine. Once you have recovered
all your data, you can remove the virtual machine, if you don't need it any
more. You will need MS-DOS or Windows 95 setup disks.

If you have a an external FAT or FAT32 drive, you could alternatively
download a MS-DOS or Windows 95 Bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com. Boot up from
a MS-DOS floppy boot disk, and access the dblspace files via the FAT/FAT32
drive (you cannot access NTFS drives from DOS). This would require that your
FAT drive can show up under DOS, and doesn't require a special driver.

Hope it helps,

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Dblspace was a DOS 6.2 utility.. DriveSpace appeared in Win 95/98. I don't
think that they were compatible. You have to use the same utility as was
used to compress the drive..

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Mike Hall - MVP
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Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm



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> Thanks
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"Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote...
> Dblspace was a DOS 6.2 utility.. DriveSpace appeared in Win 95/98. I don't
> think that they were compatible. You have to use the same utility as was
> used to compress the drive..

Doublespace was the original utility, which appeared in MS-DOS 6.0.

After Stac Electronics took Microsoft to court for patent infringement,
Microsoft introduced DriveSpace in MS-DOS 6.22. DriveSpace was also
available in Windows 95 and Windows 98 (the 98 version being "DriveSpace
3").

DriveSpace was *supposed* to be compatible with DoubleSpace compressed
volumes, but ... YMMV :-)

I agree with Mike, it is best practice to mount the compressed volume with
the exact version OS it was created with.

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Drive Space 3.. now there is a utility to keep you awake during the witching
hour..

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm



"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote...
>> Dblspace was a DOS 6.2 utility.. DriveSpace appeared in Win 95/98. I
>> don't think that they were compatible. You have to use the same utility
>> as was used to compress the drive..
>
> Doublespace was the original utility, which appeared in MS-DOS 6.0.
>
> After Stac Electronics took Microsoft to court for patent infringement,
> Microsoft introduced DriveSpace in MS-DOS 6.22. DriveSpace was also
> available in Windows 95 and Windows 98 (the 98 version being "DriveSpace
> 3").
>
> DriveSpace was *supposed* to be compatible with DoubleSpace compressed
> volumes, but ... YMMV :-)
>
> I agree with Mike, it is best practice to mount the compressed volume with
> the exact version OS it was created with.
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>

"Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote...
> Drive Space 3.. now there is a utility to keep you awake during the
> witching hour..

:-)) !!!

I think every version of Doublespace/Drivespace needed a quantum of
supernatural reinforcement. I remember users regularly telling me "I had
this huge dblspace.000 file taking up most of the disk, so I deleted it. By
the way, where have my documents gone?"

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Since we are on nostalgia lane, I installed Windows 95 retail Upgrade the
other day in VPC '07 the other day and was reminded of all the illegal
operations that OS use to spit out. Those were the days.
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Andre
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"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote...
>> Drive Space 3.. now there is a utility to keep you awake during the
>> witching hour..
>
> :-)) !!!
>
> I think every version of Doublespace/Drivespace needed a quantum of
> supernatural reinforcement. I remember users regularly telling me "I had
> this huge dblspace.000 file taking up most of the disk, so I deleted it.
> By the way, where have my documents gone?"
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote ...
> Since we are on nostalgia lane, I installed Windows 95 retail Upgrade the
> other day in VPC '07 the other day and was reminded of all the illegal
> operations that OS use to spit out. Those were the days.

:-)

It's good to install Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, every once in a while ...
just to remind ouselves, how far we've come!

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au