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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
- Message-ID: <5636@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 13:54:48 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.202907.12273@schbbs.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Aug17.202907.12273@schbbs.mot.com>
- P70008@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Bill Nelson) writes:
- > The following article was taken from the PC WORLD ONLINE via the
- America
- > Online BBS and is an important warning for all MS WINDOWS 3.1
- users.
- >
- > The following information was passed on to PC WORLD ONLINE by PCW
- George,
- > (George Campbell, a PC WORLD Editor).
- >
- > "After considerable testing, I have discovered a major problem with
- the
- > version of SmartDrive included with Windows 3.1. The default
- installation
- > of SMARTDRV.EXE enables write caching on your hard disks. Most
- often this
- > is not a problem but, under certain circumstances, it could crash
- your hard
- > disk. A typical situation is described below
-
- I think the funniest thing about this is that it took him
- "considerable testing" to discover something that was a
- documented behavior of smartdrv. You'd think, if he thought
- he were having a problem with smarddrv, would at least have
- looked at the manual. Heck, he didn't even have to go
- that far. If you type smartdrv/s it tells you that it's doing
- write caching. Makes me glad I don't bother with PC World,
- given this level of expertize there.
-
-
- --
- Jim Mann
- Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
-