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<mathew@spamtrap-spiesareus.yi.org> wrote in message
news:slrnc3m5ho.5ii.mathew@alpha.spiesareus.yi.org...
> On 2004-02-23,  Miro <miro01@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:c1d2n8$1g7mmv$6@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >> Found in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, comments requested.
> >>
> >> In article <c1d21m$1haird$1@ID-192964.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> >> "Thomas M. Goethe" <xspamxgoethe11xyz@lycos.com> wrote:
> >> >"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> >> >news:IKd_b.79107$IF1.58871@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...
> >> >> what's the advantage that you see to having multiple partitions
rather
> > than
> >> >> just using multiple folders?
> >> >
> >> >    Data in one, OS and software in another. When you have to do an OS
> >> >scrub, the data is safely tucked away in another partition. Still
smart
> > to
> >> >keep data backed up elsewhere, but you don't have to copy it all back
> > over.
> >> >
> >> >    If you get smart and force all of your programs to store templates
> > and
> >> >the like on the data partition, so much the better.
> >> >
> >> >    I can't confirm it, but there is also some thought that things
like
> > swap
> >> >files and scratch disks for Photoshop are best kept on a separate
> > partition
> >> >as well. I may try that next time around. The Photoshop scratch disk
is
> >> >often accused of scrambling hard drives.
> >>
> >> Any of you aus.photo/computers gurus like to comment on your
> >> experiences with PS in this regard, please?
> >>
> >> What about swap files generally?
> >
> >
> > It is not the swap file that is the problem - IMHO the problem is
entirely
> > this
> >
> > 1/ Data files and system swap files get fragmented leaving Photoshop
with
> > non-contiguous cache areas.
> >
> > 2/ NT4, Win2000, XP all have inherited an intolerance for 99.99% disk
usage.
>
> It's rather hard to write to a swapfile when there's no space, whether
> it be the Windows or Photoshop one.
>
> > It is a known bug in the kernel of the OS from the original DEC OS port.
As
> > you know ..... PS can take all the space and still keep asking for more
>
> You're wrong. Despite common misconceptions, Windows isn't based on a
> DEC OS, VMS or otherwise. It was designed by a guy who worked for DEC,
> that's it.

That's not what the guys at special systems told me when they found the SAME
backdoors.