Re: [ProgSoc] SCANDISK

[Marco Tran <nips@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

Thanks for ur advice but i don't use my computer for anything besides
doing my work cause i only have a 200mb hhd so i don't have enough room
for anything else. 

On Tue, 12 May 1998, Roland Turner wrote:

> Marco Tran wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know how to get rid of scandisk when the computer starts up.
> > I'm using windows b and when i don't shut the computer down properly
> > scandisk comes up. I want to get rid of it!! Thanks
> 
> Unless the data on your disk is utterly worthless, you really do NOT
> want to get rid of this. Win95 employs write-behind, but it's a little
> less mature that which is used in other environments. If you let your
> machine boot on a filesystem that wasn't cleanly unmounted, you risk
> damaging data in ways that won't show up for an indeterminate period of
> time.
> 
> Do you use your machine for anything other than playing games and
> web-browsing?
> 
> - Raz
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