I don't know whether the information below is of any value, but I'm reporting it anyway, just in case.
I have been using UIDE for almost a year in one desktop and two notebooks, blissfully unaware that hard disks are not supposed to sleep. All three computers were set to spin down their disks. Even though I work for about 6 hours every day on FreeDOS, perhaps a couple of files were lost in that year. So, at least with these computers, it was not disastrous to have UIDE and sleeping disks. By the way, the same applies to LBACache, which I used for 3 years prior to UIDE. Regards, Marcos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user