PC Exchange 2.0.5: Trouble Reading Large DOS Volumes

I am having trouble reading all the information from a DOS formatted SyQuest 270 cartridge with PC Exchange v2.0.5. PC Exchange reads the first 200 MB of data, then continues trying to read the cartridge for varying amounts of time depending on how much information remains on the cartridge, then just displays the information it was able to read.

A dialog informs me that the disk is full, then shows the directory. However, the directories are incomplete. SyQuest informed me that PC Exchange has trouble reading DOS formatted cartridges with over 200 MB of data. Is this correct?

Yes, PC Exchange has trouble working with large DOS volumes. When PC Exchange runs out of memory it will display a truncated list of files. This limit varies depending on the number of files on the volume. A smaller number of large files will be displayed properly and a larger number of small files will be truncated.

Note: This was fixed in PC Exchange 2.2 and File Exchange 3.x.

This article appeared in the 25 November 1996 issue of the Information Alley.