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Subject: RE:Win3 killed my disk -- suggestions?
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Date: 21 Dec 90 18:54:11 GMT
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> From: bgeer@javelin.es.com (Bob Geer)
> Subject:Win3 killed my disk -- suggestions?
> Date: 21 Dec 90 02:21:46 GMT
> Message-ID:<1990Dec21.022146.7301@javelin.es.com>

> 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 <>
> <>      Alta-holic <>   speaking only for myself, one of my many tricks   <>
> <> Salt Lake City, <>    "We must strive to be more than we are, Lal."    <>
> <>          Ootah  <>           -- Cmdr. Data, learning schmaltz          <>

Smart Disk Disk Cache program that came with windows will crash your drive if
you partition a buffer bigger than your memory or your drive. It's in
the manual. Doesn't sound too smart to me. Perhaps you need to write a nasty
letter to microsoft.

Mike