> On Sunday, Charles Dye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
>
> ] Renamed SCANDISK.EXE to something else. Fired up DEBUG. Created a one-
> ] byte program (a single RET opcode) and named it SCANDISK.EXE. Bootup was
> ] a lot faster from then on. End user was *amazed* at how quickly the new
> ] ScanDisk did its job.... :-)
>
> I was trying (unsucessfully :'-() to install Linux on a (Japanese)
> laptop last week and we had to defrag the harddrive. The Windows [98]
> defrag was still 10% after half and hour So I said Stuff This and
> went looking for a DOS one. I was surprised when I didn't find one.
> But then I found that Norton Utilities was installed and their Speed
> Disk was a LOT faster. Only took another 20 minutes for that 4GB hdd.
Erm...doesnt that <TECHNICAL TERM> screw </TT> the
Winblows virtual FAT?
> BTW That Toshiba P][ 333 96MB RAM was so FAST! Even loading W98 was
> at least twice as fast as my friend's brother's Celery 333 W98.
The 96Mb might be the main speed increase. I have Win98 with
32Mb at work...runs like Win95 on a 386 ;-) but I've seen Win98
with 64Mb run quite smooth.
> Loading W95 on Cyrix PR166 was about the same though. ;-)
Loading
> DOS on my 386 faster still.
And loading Basic 1.1 on the TraSH-80 only takes about 3.5
seconds :-) Pity the BASIC was made by Micro$oft. Probably one
of the least buggy software they ever made ;-)
From,
Paul (Quantum Business Systems)
www.quantumsystems.com.au
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