This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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John, I don't think I can help you, but I have come up with a workaround for my problem that is not too inconvenient for my customers. The workaround is to use the LABEL command after formatting a drive to make sure that the volume label appears in the root…
GetVolumeInformation Bug
Message #79572
All, When GetVolumeInformation() is called for a network redirected drive, it returns a bogus volume label if the volume label is only stored in the boot sector. Backgrounder: Starting with DOS 4.0, the volume label can appear in the boot sector, or can be a specially marked file in the…