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- From: mongoola@engin.umich.edu (Don Prior)
- Subject: Re: Hasta la Vista, OS/2
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 20:44:35 EDT
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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- In article <1992Aug17.143806.10701@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs611a10@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs611a10) writes:
- > CRASH AND TRASH!! Too bad it happened under OS/2, but I'll bet
- >my life that it happens MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
- >more often under Windows. Windows is always hungry to eat my hard
- >disk. I have to keep it tied to the wall and keep a close watch
- >on it. If I turn my back on it for a moment, or don't watch what I'm
- >doing, its LUNCH TIME for windows (e.g. NO you can't run two DOS boxes
- >at the same time). Reboot the computer and dozens of files are trashed.
- > Lets take a poll:
- > How many people have had OS/2 CRASH and TRASH??
-
- Me!
- Hell, every few times through the dual boot it would goof up.. back to the 'ol
- 10 minute OS/2 Boot disk. I can't imagine its that hard to have a
- something like DUAL BOOT work.. especially considering the complexity
- of OS/2... too bad it doesn't.
-
- > How many people have had Windows CRASH and TRASH?? Sorry, that
- >should be HOW OFTEN Windows trashs your hard disk. I have Windows 3.1
- >running on 4 different machines, and all have been trashed at least once
- >by Windows. True Windows 3.1 is BETTER than 3.0, but that dont say very
- >much. Now I get nervous if I try to run anything more complicated than
- >WinGif and MineSweeper.
-
- Well, I've NEVER had Windows trash my hard disk.. NEVER NEVER NEVER.
- I use it ALL over the place.. Work, where I install it for other people.
- My home setup which varies from a simple machine, to a Network with
- 2 IDE drives and a big 'ol SCSI and Windows has NEVER NEVER NEVER
- trashed my system.
- Perhaps you were hitting the RESET button while it was writing to disk?
-