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From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:00

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Tom MacIntyre <tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:37c135ee.216262150@news1.ns.sympatico.ca...
> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote
>> Hyper <jimb@snip.net> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Aaron <chaaron@lave.net> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote in message ...
>>>>>> Aaron <chaaron@lave.net> wrote

>>>>> If the large FAT32 20GB drive has all the files at the beginning of
>>>>> the drive, within the first 5GB, and doesn't use the rest of the drive,

>>>> Doesnt happen.

>>> yes it does

>> Have fun explaining the drive I've currently booted. The figures
>> arent that far from those above, 12GB drive, 6.5GB free. The
>> files arent anything like all up the front of the drive, the space
>> between the first and last file is about 50% free space, with
>> huge holes, much bigger than the biggest files on the drive.

>> It was obviously in his scenario after the clean install, and its nothing
>> like that now, so his claim is complete crap. Bugger all has been wiped
>> from the drive since the clean install too. Never been defraged.

> I'll try to explain it...

I know how it got like that. I was rubbing his nose in the
fact that that drive isnt anything like he claimed it would
be. Concentrate on what was before my 'doesnt happen'

> I'll admit to having never taken a course in this stuff, having
> only done a lot of reading and a bit of experimentation.

Thats always been one of the big advantages with computing,
its normally feasible to do that and you'll often find that the
superficial glib assertions made in 'courses' are just plain wrong.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode
Date: 1999/08/24
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