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From: bgeer@javelin.es.com (Bob Geer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win3 killed my disk -- suggestions?
Summary: Win 3 broke my disk...what should I do different?
Keywords: Windows parity help
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.022146.7301@javelin.es.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 02:21:46 GMT
Reply-To: bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah
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Just installed Win3, had a problem many may have had, but I missed all
previous discussions...also, I haven't successfully aftp'd yet (in
case a Win3FAQ's available), nor have I received e-mail external to
this co. yet.

I did a generic install (I didn't edit the files the Win installer
created/changed) of Win3 on my DTK 386-20 ma-board w/ 5 meg ram, DTC
RLL disk controller w/ Seagate 277R drive, ATI VGA Wonder 512k w/
mouse, no LANs, no TSR's, no device drivers or memory managers (that I
loaded -- not sure what winstall did), just a vanilla 386 machine.

I was playing with multiple sessions -- WordPerfect, Windows Paint, &
GWS shareware gif viewer.  I tried to alt-esc while GWS was running
(displaying a .gif in 640x480x256), the screen went "funny" (wierd
colors, mostly), & I had to re-boot.  Now, I get parity errors from my
disk, CHKDSK shows lots of bad first allocation thingys, & naturally
some programs & directories are not accessible anymore.

I have a backup, so I can recover ok...but, I'd like some suggestions
& comments on how to avoid this problem (other than doing daily
recoveries).  What guidelines do y'all suggest on using multiple
sessions & with which programs?  Thanx in advance.
-- 
<> Bob `Bear' Geer <> bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com...dsd.es.com!javelin!bgeer <>
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