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- From: rfutscher@pbs.org
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Norton Desktop and non-multi-tasking
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.204751.17653@pbs.org>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 00:47:51 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.045247.5459@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <2AA1711C.7857@ics.uci.edu> <1992Sep2.231132.8292@midway.uchicago.edu> <Bu128F.G81@DMI.USherb.CA>
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- In article <Bu128F.G81@DMI.USherb.CA>, trepe00@DMI.USherb.CA (ERIC TREPANIER) writes:
- > In article <1992Sep2.231132.8292@midway.uchicago.edu> spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:
- >>On the other hand, I am puzzled why the NDW Format Diskette program exhibits
- >>the behavior described above. If Backup allows multi-tasking, why not
- >>Format Diskette?
- >
- > Hmmm. Don't know about NDW, but I noticed that Win3.1 file manager does
- > this also, both during Disk Format and Disk Copy operations, and possibly
- > other time-consuming disk activities. I don't know why it does this,
- > it is certainly not a _Windows_ limitation, I have both a Format and Disk
- > Copy Windows programs, and they both multi-task fairly well. The
- > system does slow down a bit, but not enough to kill background file
- > downloads as is always the case with File Manager. Dito if you use a
- > DOS command prompt.
- >
- > Can anybody from MS tell me why WinFile blindly grabs control of the
- > system during these copy/format operations?
- >
- >
- >>Bob Osterlund
- >>berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
- >>SSPPSS--University of Chicago
- >
- > Eric
- > trepe00@tohi.usherb.ca
-
- I play games while formatting disks. They are really slow, I guess
- that the format uses a large time slice. I use the format in file manager.
- I have 32 bit disk access turned on. I understand that without 32 bit
- disk access that windows must drop back to real mode to read-write to
- disk. Windows can't multitask in real mode.
-
- Robert Futscher rfutscher@pbs.org
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