I'm trying to change the volume label in MS-DOS 6.21 on a set of 3 back-up floppies.
I used DISKCOPY to create copies 2 & 3 of a floppy that I've been using to keep an archive of the development of a tricky batch file I've been working on.
After making the copies I tried to create volume labels for the three diskettes.
But when I typed in a new label at the LABEL prompt, I got this error message:
"Cannot make a directory entry."
The existing label is "AC" (which appears on all three diskettes but which means nothing to me. My memory is so poor these days though, that I could very well have created that label on the original floppy ages ago and then forgotten about it).
I hunted around on the web and found one set of instructions that suggests that the diskette may have once been used with the Windows 95 LFN system.
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/misc1/PEROPSYS/WINDOWS/KB/Q118/4/93.TXT
If that's the case (and it very well could be, because the floppy I made the copies from is an old one and may have once been used for Win 95 data back in the day).
The article suggests reformatting the disk. But if I do that, then I lose all the data on it.
So, I'd be grateful for some ideas on how to make copies of these diskettes onto fresh diskettes so that I would be able to change the volume label on the new copies. --- Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
Running MS-DOS 6.21 |