Since the landing zone on a HD is usually the last cluster, I would think
that changing to the root directory or <CTRL-ALT-DEL> are both
unnecessary and counter productive as you are moving the head to the
innermost cluster and then causing the head to move to the most remote
cluster before shutting down.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona
Bernie wrote:
..Pete wrote:
>1)Because I have heard that it is important, I always log onto the root of
> my HD before switching off. Is this necessary? What if one has several
> partitions?
I've never heard this - but there are absolutely no reason why it would be
true. However using Ctrl-Alt-Del when shutting down your computer might be
good.
>2)I have heard that Windows always uses caching. If the comp hangs while
> data is still in the cache, then the data is lost during the reset or
> reboot, which is why Windows, any version, gets buggier as it ages.
AFAIK Windows doesn't cach unless you tell it to, however if files are open
(many are opened for read and write by Windows) they might get corrupted.
But if so happened it would be more natural that everything would stop
working instead of a steady decline.
I think there's a counter inside some file (win.com or something) that sets
how big the delays should be ;-)
//Bernie<<
