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Article #33258Re: Hard Disk Problem
From: "Brian T. Park"
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1988 00:12
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1988 00:12
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I want to thank those who replied to my SOS on the hard disk problem I was having with my Supra Drive 20Meg. It basically came down to that nasty 40 folder limit. Perhaps most of you know this, but I was under the impression that the limit only referred to the number of folders one could keep on a particular level; I did not realize that it also applied to the number of folders one could *look* into during a session. Well, having a little over 100 folders altogether on my three partitions, I was just asking for it. The solution was of course FOLDRXXX.PRG. (Thanks to Hugh Redelmeier who sent it over to me.) This program should be used by everyone with a hard disk! In fact, if you use the recently posted FATSPEED.PRG (speeds up your hard disk fat table access) then you *must* use foldrxxx. Otherwise, you will certainly start wiping out files on your hard disk. Take it from a person who is weeping over five of them. On Jack Mason's point that perhaps my D: partition, at 4 Megs, may be too small, I have not noticed anything extra-ordinary yet. Oh, one last thing. Due to an error an my part, my original article would not have reach anyone outside North America. This followup, however, contains enough to compensate. I have now absolutely no complaints about my Supra Drive, except for that rather loud hum (but that's another story). Thanks everyone. Brian Park parkb@emca.waves.toronto.edu (or parkb@csri.toronto.edu if you are forced) (no UUCP address because I haven't figured out how UUCP works... :-) )
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