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From: pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: OnTrack Diskmanager and Win 3.0
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Date: 14 Aug 90 23:27:17 GMT
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dag@tc.fluke.COM (David Gunderson) writes...

>I'm posting this for a friend of mine who has no net access. He is
>having trouble running windows 3.0 together with the OnTrack
>disk manager (allows large partitions under DOS 3.3). He's tried
>microsoft support without much help. I've looked through the old
>messages on this group without finding reference to this problem.
>Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Direct responses would be 
>appreciated. I will summerize to the net if I get enough responses.
> 
>Thanks
>David Gunderson

    Apparently the OnTrack Disk Manager/Windows problems is a recognized bug.
Run together they can nuke the hard disk.  For references see InfoWorld:
July 2, 1990, and other similar industry rags that came out at that time.
    	
    						- Z -

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