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Article #1687Taglink Disaster
From: DAVID KURZMAN
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:12
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:12
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Hi there, The other day I downloaded Taglink.EXE (IBM) and I ran into a major problem Let me explain: I was using windows 3.1 and ran a DOS window (I forget the correct term for it). Then thinking that TAGLINK was a self extracting archive I ran it. The next thing I knew the window closed, I got a memory error and my computer locked up. Well...I had no choice but to reboot the machine. I then got an error message saying something like "system is missing". In a panic I called a friend and using Norton 7.0 (I use DOS 6.0 ) we were able to get the machine working again. The file somehow corrupted the FAT structure on the hard drive. I don't know what went wrong and I will not even attempt to use taglink again. Whether this occurred because it was done through windows or because I ran a file that works within endnote does not alleviate the fact that this occurred. I am writing this as a warning to others who may make the same mistake as I did and to let Avi (at Niles) know that there is a bug somewhere in the program that should be corrected. Other than that I still use Endnote (my most valuable program) One question: My library is over 4 meg long. I would love to see a built in backup option in the next version of endnote which would have automatic compression. thanks =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= " David Kurzman | " " Department of Psychology | " " Concordia University | " " Editor of AGING (A Psycgrad Journal) | " " e-mail: DAVEK@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA | " " s-mail: 6030 Cote St. Luc Rd. #202 Montreal, PQ H3X 2G7 " =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107cb9,92f7f93a6082900,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107cb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-09-13 07:20:10 PST Newsgroups: bit.listserv.endnote Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!vax2.concordia.ca!davek From: davek@vax2.concordia.ca (DAVID KURZMAN) Subject: Taglink Disaster Message-ID: <13SEP199310125001@vax2.concordia.ca> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: usenet@newsflash.concordia.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: vax2.concordia.ca Organization: Concordia University Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:12:00 GMT Lines: 35