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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Somebody...Anybody...HELP!!!
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.203539.6354@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 27 Jun 91 20:35:39 GMT
References: <13441@uwm.edu> <43703@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: poffen@SunOS (Russ Poffenberger)
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca.
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In article <43703@cup.portal.com> ekalenda@cup.portal.com (Edward John Kalenda) writes:
>>I am having a problem writing data to my hard drive (especially drives E&F).
>>I get all kinds of cross linked errors (found using Norton's Disk Doctor).
>>How can I determine what is causing it?
>
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>Try removing FASTOPEN. About a month ago, there was quite a discussion
>of FASTOPEN causing all kinds of weird problems. If that doesn't work,
>strip everything out so the system is as virginally clean as possible.
>Any software you are running which deals with the disk could be your
>problem so try not using it. If your system starts working OK, add ONE
>thing at a time. Give yourself several hours of run time to check each
>driver or TSR.
>

I had similar problems when using my SCSI controller (Adaptec AHA1542B), qemm,
loading smartdrv high, then running windows. This messed up the disk something
awful.

The solution is to not load smartdrv high. Also the latest driver from
Adaptec is supposed to work correctly. I am still waiting for the update.

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