re: Edit MSDOS.SYS and DoubleSpace/DriveSpace Won't Load
Friday, March 5, 2004 at 6:16 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Sysdoctor
(6 messages posted)
One more thing: Add the two lines I mentioned AFTER {Options] and all the xxxxxx's
in the MSDOS.SYS file
On Friday, March 5, 2004 at 6:01 am, Sysdoctor wrote:
>In Win 98 (all flavors) a real easy/cool way to prevent doublespace and drivespace
>from loading on start-up is to add the two following lines to your MSDOS.SYS file
>in C:\
>(remember to remove the system, hidden, andread attributes from the MSDOS.SYS file
>before editing and to copy these two lines exactly as entered here--note the lower
>case "l" after "DB" in DBlSpace):
>
>DBlSpace=0
>DRVSpace=0
>
>(after inserting these two lines and saving MSDOS.SYS, restore the system, hidden,
>and read only attributes to the file--reboot, and presto! doublespace and drivespace
>no longer load, whether they are deleted or not!)
>
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