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- From: wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl (Marcel Wijkstra (AIO))
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.072928.12011@fwi.uva.nl>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 07:29:28 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.202907.12273@schbbs.mot.com> <1992Aug18.155405.11433@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
-
- #In <1992Aug17.202907.12273@schbbs.mot.com> P70008@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Bill Nelson) writes:
-
- #>...
- #>"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
- #>...
-
- #As noted by the original poster, the way to deal with this is to place
- #the command SMARTDRV /C in the batch file immediately preceding the
- #reboot command. This will flush all buffers and everything will work
- #fine.
-
- #...
-
- #Do NOT disable write-caching. It is totally unnecessary and it will
- #indeed slow things down. Instead, simply fix any BAT files that
- #reboot the machine, as noted above. Other than that, exit to a DOS
- #prompt and wait 5 seconds (the default pause time -- buffers will be
- #flushed after 5 seconds or when the processor is idle, whichever
- #occurs first) before powering down your machine.
-
- 'Batch files that reboot the machine'? Can you tell me which batch file
- takes care of CTRL-ALT-DEL, or RESET ??????? Or do I have to wait for
- 5 seconds before resetting?
-
- Marcel.
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- X Marcel Wijkstra AIO (wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl)
- |X| Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- X University of Amsterdam The Netherlands
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