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You don't need to delete anything
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 11:49 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Phoenix
(2 messages posted)
I have a question about Remove
DoubleSpace/DriveSpace from memory:
Actually, you don't need to delete any files. All you have to do is edit the c:\msdos.sys
file. To do so:
1. Open a DOS prompt.
2. Change to the c:\ directory.
3. Change the attributes on the msdos.sys file so that it can be edited: attrib
-r -s -h msdos.sys
4. Edit the msdos.sys file using edit.exe or notepad.exe and add the following lines
to the very end of the file:
DrvSpace=0
DblSpace=0
5. Save the file.
6. Return the attributes on the msdos.sys file to
their original state: attrib +r +s +h msdos.sys
7. Reboot.
The DriveSpace/DoubleSpace stuff will never again be loaded into RAM.
If you do a web search on the MSDOS.SYS file, you'll find plenty of other nifty tricks
you can do with it (like disabling the boot menu, the boot keys, the windows startup
logo, the auto-scandisk feature, etc).
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