Bernie:
I take exception to your suggestion that cross-linked files and FAT
problems were invented by Windows.
I suggest you review one of your older DOS troubleshooting manuals like
"The Norton Trouble Shooter, copyright 1988" - on page 57 you will find
a complete explanation on how to recover from cross-linked files and
lost chains.
The term cross linked files means having two files sharing the same
cluster of disk space. This type of problem is a fundamental one of the
FAT (file allocation table) system used in DOS.
Peter Norton developed his recovery ideas in the early XT-era on a
single sided floppy of 160 kilobytes - long before Microsoft invented
Windows by borrowing from everyone else who had a half-good idea or two.
John O
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:10:06 +0200
From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [OT] DOS prayer (Was: DOS GUI)
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Lost clusters and chains are AFAIK only caused by Windows (and faulty
BATch
files as the one for Arachnes earlier versions)
>Lead us not into corrupt file allocation tables,
Never happend.
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