"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote:
> That's one of the things I've liked the Mac system "up until OS-X" is
> that you can't wipe out all the contents of the hard drive you are
> working on by accident. It has to be a deliberate act.
Same in OS X. there's not way to do it by accident, unless you're a complete
freaking idiot. GW Bush might be able to do it, but I've yet to see someone do
it by accident.
> On windows use of the Init C: command and poof! all the contents is
> unceremoniously wiped off the face of the startup up drive.
Nope. It's "Format c:" and even then it asks for confirmation. And even then you
can quit without damage. Until it gets to 99%, nothing is actually written to
the drive. Hit Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Break, Ctrl-Alt-Del, the reset or power buttons and
you're safe.
And that's only from a command prompt. Inside the GUI itself, right click on the
drive, select format, and it'll tell you that it can't do that, and not let you
continue. Even if it did, you'd STILL have to click another button confirming
you're choice.
> So I like a system that attempts to save me from myself.
The rest of us hate being treated like idiots.
> Despite my ablities in Electronics and Hardware repair. I always felt
> inadaquate trying frograming even in the mildest of Basic. I always felt
> that people that had those abilities were more of the MIT types.
Phil, I know 6 years old who can edit an autoexec.bat file with the greatest of
comforts.
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