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Error Message: Drive Cannot Be Compressed...DRVSPACE 748
This article was previously published under Q226870
When you attempt to compress a drive using DriveSpace 3, you may receive the following error message:
Drive X: cannot be compressed because its root directory is too large. IDNUMBER: DRVSPACE748
This error message occurs because the root folder of the drive is capable of holding more than 512 entries. This can occur under any of the following conditions:
- A third-party disk partitioning utility was used to partition the drive.
- A utility was used to convert the drive to the FAT32 file system and then back to the FAT16 file system.
- The drive was created from a drive image that had the drive properties set incorrectly.
To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods.
Method 1
Use the third-party disk partitioning utility to set the partition with the following properties:
Partition size: <2 GB
File system: FAT16
Root folder size: 512 entries
Partition size Cluster size
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1 GB - 2 GB 32 KB
512 MB - 1 GB 16 KB
256 MB - 511 MB 8 KB
32 MB - 255 MB 4 KB
For information about how to use your disk partitioning software, please consult the software's documentation or manufacturer.
Method 2
Remove and re-create the partition using the Fdisk utility.
Note that formatting alone does not correct the problem.
This behavior is by design.
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- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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