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- From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:59:23 GMT
- Subject: Re: DR DOS disk compression with MSDOS
- Message-ID: <26790031@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
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- sknkwrks@howlin.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:
-
- > The version of SuperStor included with DR DOS, however, does have some
- > problems. Under certain circumstances, data files can overwrite the
- > FAT and whatever else is at the beginning of your compressed volume,
- > which can really ruin your whole day. :-)
-
- There is that urban legend again. Every now and then it pops up and
- when people ask "Did you really have such a problem?" or in other ways
- ask for information or confirmation, then deadly silence follows.
-
- Data corruption is no joke. If you say that some product corrupts your
- data, then, I think, you should back up that statement or not make it.
- I'm afraid that "Under certain circumstances" is a little too thin to
- ruin a companies reputation.
-
- I have been using the version of SuperStor included with DR DOS for
- some 9 months without any problem, and yes I have totally filled up my
- SSTORed partition many times (if that is what you mean by "Under certain
- circumstances").
-