Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 07:01:33 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
At 10:16 AM 2/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 13:11:15 -0400 >From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] > >Recovery Console is a pain, but it gives you some repair tools not available >in DOS, like controlling start up services. If you use FAT32 and the drive overlay you can still use the recovery console. It also means that you can use all your DOS diagnostics and recovery tools plus its a darn sight faster to get into ... >Microsoft says that NTFS >performs better, NTFS performs better in some ways (for instance it is less affected by fragmentation, you get faster index seeks, etc.) however most of these pertain to fast disks (as one used to find in servers and workstations and what one now finds in many desktops). The actual performance increase is minimal if not non-existant in a slower machine like a libretto with its slower disk subsystem. In fact it may turn out to be slightly slower because whilst it may be FASTER to access a bit of the index, there is a hellava lot more bookkeeping required. The 2 biggest disadvantages for me however is that firstly, data recovery is almost impossible under NTFS if things start going pear shaped and secondly, if you find you've left something on the disk and you somehow can't boot the OS, you can either whack in a floppy diskette or borrow someone's computer, be it a Linux, Win9x or WinNT/2k/XP box, put the drive in (I always carry around the drive converter and a screwdriver suitable for both opening the libby and opening your average PC case) and run with it. I think these 2 are more important in a portable computer than the rather nebulous probability of better performance. If you need security, NTFS doesn't offer it anyway as an adversary can always put the drive into another computer. If you need security as well, do it properly and get something like PGP Disk (which runs surprisingly fast on even an L50). As you can probably gather, I tend to have things go pear shaped on me so the ability to recover things quickly (or at least get my work off such that I save time by doing so compared with recreating the work between now and my last backup) and reliably is very important. Anyways thats my 2 cents on the issue. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
