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Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode

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From: Aaron
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:00
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Tom MacIntyre wrote in message <37c3f0ac.94358610@news1.ns.sympatico.ca>...
>"Aaron" <chaaron@lave.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>Undelete was a very useful thing...too bad it's gone, but there are
>>>other ways. By the way, do you know for sure if Disk Editor from
>>>Norton 8 for DOS will work with a FAT32 disk in its maintenance mode.
>>>That was a little used but VERY valuable tool. I suspect that it won't
>>>work, but I haven't tried it.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>Well, it should still work, as it reads the bits on the drive, not what
>>OS or FAT style they are.  Many of the features may not be able to
>>work, but just to go in and look around should be OK.  I haven't tried
>>that either.  Maybe all you will be able to see is the binary data,
>>and not see the directory views and such.  Great thing to experiment on.
>>--
>>Aaron Marks
>>
>>
>One of these times, when I'm not busy...that DE saved my bacon a few
>times.
>
>Tom

One time me and another junior tech in my shop used it to change the
data in Command.com on a DOS system.  When you typed DIR, it gave
this message:
What are you, stupid or something?

My boss wasn't amused, as it was his workstation.  But we laughed our
asses off.  Great fun.
--
Aaron Marks
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From: "Aaron" <chaaron@lave.net>
Subject: Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode
Date: 1999/08/26
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