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TP General - Compatibility with Windows 95 OSR2 Fat 32

Applicable to: World-Wide

SYMPTOM:
Software not explicitly written for FAT32 will not function correctly or possibly fail to install. May receive message "An error occurred while accessing C." while trying to install software.

CONFIGURATION:
Any system running Windows 95 OSR2 or later with ability to install FAT32.

SOLUTION:
TEMPORARY WORKAROUND:
If possible run the non FAT32 driver from a FAT formatted drive or diskette. This may not be possible in many scenarios.

PERMANENT SOLUTION:
May not be available. There is a limited amount of software written explicitly for FAT32.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
In order to enable FAT32 large disk support on a drive, you must be running Microsoft Windows OSR2. Run FDISK then format the drive.

The following message from Microsoft is displayed when running FDISK from a machine loaded with Microsoft Windows OSR2.

IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems, including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not designed explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities, do not enable large drive support.

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Windows 95

Date Created

16-03-98

Last Updated

06-04-99

Revision Date

06-04-2000

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315, ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365C/CS, ThinkPad 365CD/CSD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 370, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 380Z, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 390, ThinkPad 390E, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 560Z, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 701, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, 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 770X, ThinkPad 770Z, ThinkPad i Series 172x

Machine Type

2600, 2620, 2625, 2624, 9545, 2635, 2636, 2626, 2640, 2641, 2645, 2646, 2630, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 9544, 2627

Model

Various

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