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TP General - Drivespace Reports Incorrect Size with FAT32 Drives

Applicable to: World-Wide

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SYMPTOM:
When using Drivespace 3 to view the properties of a hard disk formatted FAT32, Drivespace may report the size of the drive as 2GB even when the drive is larger than 2GB. Also, when trying to compress the FAT32 drive, you may receive an error "Drive c cannot be compressed because it is a FAT32 drive. ID Number: DRVSPACE738."

CONFIGURATION:
Any machine with a hard drive greater than 2 GB formatted FAT32, including ThinkPad 600E and 770X preloads, running Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98.

SOLUTION:
Use Explorer to view the correct size of FAT32 drives over 2GB. Drivespace cannot be used to view or compress FAT32 drives because it was designed to work with the FAT12 and FAT16 file systems.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
See Microsoft's Knowledge Base article Q150579 on the Microsoft Web Site for further information.

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	Hint Category	Windows 95, Windows 98
	Date Created	10-11-98
	Last Updated	06-04-99
	Revision Date	06-05-2000
	Brand	IBM ThinkPad
	Product Family	ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED, ThinkPad 380Z, ThinkPad 560Z, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad i Series 1400, ThinkPad 390, ThinkPad i Series 172x, ThinkPad 770Z, ThinkPad 390E
	Machine Type	2635, 2640, 2645, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 2625, 9545, 2611, 2626, 2627, 2636, 2641, 2646, 9544
	Model	All
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