Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!titan!quinlan From: quinlan@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Bob Quinlan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: QEMM5 & DV 2.26 Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 90 15:44:29 GMT References: <3166@bnr-rsc.UUCP> <2540@zipeecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu Organization: Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin. Lines: 21 In-reply-to: shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu's message of 6 Jun 90 17:19:58 GMT In article <2540@zipeecs.umich.edu> shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim) writes: > I would not recommend running Desqview 386 and PC-cache. PC-cache is not > designed to and does not run well under with Desqview. I've had my drives > corrupted twice by it. There was a big thread about Desqview and PC-cache > on Compuserve a while back, and a lot of people had their files corrupted > by that combination. Just a warning. Which version of PC-CACHE are you talking about here? I ran the version that came with PC Tools Deluxe 5.5 under DESQview for a long time with no problems. I have recently upgraded to the 6.0 version and would like to know if it could cause me problems later on. One possible factor is that 6.0's write cacheing does not work properly under DESQview. It didn't cause any corruption, but the delayed writes do not happen when they should, creating the potential for lost data. I disabled that feature and have not noticed any other problems. Do I need to look again? Any information would be appreciated. --Bob Quinlan