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Article ID: 152701 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 2.3
FAT32 Using Compatibility Mode with OnTrack Disk Manager
This article was previously published under Q152701
After you install the FAT32 file system on a drive that uses OnTrack Disk
Manager version 6.03 or 7.04, one or both of the following symptoms may
occur:
- All drives use MS-DOS compatibility mode.
- The computer seems to take an unusually long time to boot.
Dynamic Drive Overlay is unable to find files in the root folder that
it needs to start correctly.
To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods:
- Configure Disk Manager to avoid searching the root folder for overlay
files, or upgrade Disk Manager to version 8.0 or later.
For information about or assistance with configuring Disk Manager, please
contact OnTrack Technical Support. - OnTrack has an upgrade patch available at the following Web site that resolves this issue without the need to change overlay settings using Dm.exe:
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Dynamic Drive Overlay makes calculations for the starting root folder
cluster based on FAT12 and FAT16 volumes and returns a value of zero for
FAT32 volumes. This occurs because of changes made in the root folder
structure. The overlay software searches all possible clusters in the root
folder for its overlay files.
Configuring the Disk Manager Dynamic Drive Overlay software to avoid
searching the root folder causes Disk Manager to not hook the DOS Arena
Chain, forcing Disk Manager to load low in conventional memory.
Disk Manager is manufactured by OnTrack Computer Systems, a vendor
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding this product's performance or reliability.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
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