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From: jwb@cci632.UUCP ( co-op)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: more gripes about Win 3.0
Keywords: trashing disks
Message-ID: <39285@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 90 12:49:02 GMT
Organization: Computer Consoles Inc. An STC Company, Rochester NY
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Please excuse the tone of this article;  I just had Win 3.0 trash my hard disk last night, making twice in two weeks. 

The particular error I encountered was with the File Manager.  I was happily copying files from floppy to hard disk when I got a standard "Unrecoverable Applications Error" etc.  I thought, "okay, it does this all the time."  a couple minutes later, i got a divide by zero error also.  This is what got me thinking.

The problem came when I tried to run MS Quick C 2.5.  Before I got these error messages, Quick C ran fine, but after, I would get an "invalid program file" message.  This also happened with a couple other programs.

The Norton Disk Doctor did not find anything wrong with my hard disk, but when I ran QA Plus diagnostics, upon exiting, I got a "bad fat" error.  To make a long story short, the gd File Manager trashed my hard disk.  I assume it is because my Epson Equity II+ is not on the hardware compitibilty list.
 
Needless to say, I am not using Win 3.0 any more.  I would also add that it never did run well on my 10 MHZ 286 even with 2 1/2 megs of memory;  you really do  need a 386 with 3 megs or more.

As for me, I will be getting Desqview within the next few days,

Thanx for hearing me out.



John Berndt, 
CCI Communications Division, an STC Company
Rochester, NY 14609

DISCLAIMER:  My babblings in no way reflect the babblings of CCI.