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- From: larry@boris.webo.dg.com (Larry Rogers)
- Subject: Large Hard Disks
- Sender: usenet@webo.dg.com (Usenet Administration)
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- Date: 1 Sep 92 14:42:35
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- Organization: Data General, Westboro, Mass.
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- From the frequently asked questions it says that if I have a disk over
- 1024 cylinders (I do) and I use third party software (dmdrvr.sys) I do
- and I use SMARTDRV (I do), I can have problems using Windows.
-
- It does not say what the problems are. I called Optiquest regarding
- Disk Manager, and they tell me I need to upgrade to their version 5.1
- to allow it to work with Windows 3.1. However, they did not tell me
- if it would work with SMARTDRV. I am using 5.0 right now with
- SMARTDRV and Windows 3.1 and it works fine (near as I can tell), but
- Windows will not let me create a permanent swap file. I am told by
- Optiquest that it works fine if I purchase the 5.1 upgrade.
-
- By the way, I have a 760M ESDI drive.
-
- Questions:
-
- 1. Should I be using another caching program other than SMARTDRV
- and what ones are most recommended for successful use with
- Windows?
-
- 2. Is it safe to use Optiquest's Disk Manager program with Windows
- 3.1 and permanent swap files? Anyone doing it?
-
- 3. Unrelated question... I had heard of a package called WinSpeed
- that really speeds up windows. Does it also speed up Windows
- 3.1 or was it obsoleted by Windows 3.1?
-
- Thanx, Larry
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