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Article #1760Re: Opinions on Stacker
From: Robert Osterlund
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:24
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:24
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In article <1992Sep11.094443.4617@zooid.guild.org> Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org> writes: >From spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) >>The only other thing I can add to this discussion is to advise that you >>run SCHECK and, if you have it, Norton Disk Doctor (or a similar program) >>at every system boot (automatically, from AUTOEXEC.BAT of course). And do >>regular backups. It pays to be careful. > > What should we tell NDD to check for specificaly? > The relevant portion of your AUTOEXEC.BAT might look like this: NDD C: /Q NDD D: /Q NDD E: /Q NDD F: /Q SCHECK C: /F /D SCHECK D: /F /D This example assumes that you have two drives and have swapped drive designations. So, C: & D: are the Stacked virtual drives, and E: & F: are the underlying physical drives. IMO, taking this precaution becomes imperative if you have an unstable Windows environment that tends to crash often (mine doesn't--it virtually never crashes). Bob Osterlund berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu SSPPCC--University of Chicago
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!psyche.spc.uchicago.edu!spcberto From: spcberto@psyche.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) Subject: Re: Opinions on Stacker Message-ID: <1992Sep11.202402.3621@midway.uchicago.edu> Keywords: Stacker, Norton Disk Doctor Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Organization: University of Chicago, SSPPCC References: <1992Sep9.212706.27859@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Sep11.094443.4617@zooid.guild.org> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:24:02 GMT Lines: 30