PH> Situation:
 PH> * Syquest 3270S drive -> removeable media
 PH> * LOCKDRV.FLT         -> the "removeable media drive" is
 PH> "converted" to a "fixed disk".
 PH> * I use HPFS on the medias (beats FAT at least factor 3).

 PH> Now I tried to regain the ability to change the
 PH> HPFS-formatted media. I know very well (really :) that it's

   Are you trying to dismount and eject a disk locked by LOCKDRV.FLT?  I
would think that's the wrong way to approach the problem -- you want to be
able to use HPFS without needing LOCKDRV.FLT.
   Some time ago, Albert Shan wrote some utilities of interest.  One can
mount or dismount the HPFS file system from a floppy.  Another is a virtual
disk that can imitate a floppy drive which can then be be formatted with
HPFS.  But to get the HPFS format on a floppy, you have to use his disk
image utility to snatch the format off the vdisk and put it on the
floppy...  (Look for SVD117.* and DXP234.*)
   It appears that mounting/dismounting the file system is the easy part. 
After all FORMAT does it every time you reformat a drive to a different
file system.  The tricky part is getting HPFS on the disk in the first
place.
 
Jeff

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