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Recently in his big Windows info posting, nkkwan@dahlia.waterloo.edu
(Thomas Kwan) wrote:

>29.  Are there problems with using Windows 3.0 on large hard disks?

>>  Yes, but only in rare cases.  If all of the following conditions apply,
    you may have a problem:
	- You are using SmartDrive (smartdrv.sys) as your disk cache
	- You are using Disk Manager (dmdrv.bin) as a hard disk driver
	- And either:
		- Your hard disk has more than 1023 cylinders
		- You have partitions greater than 32 megabytes
>>    If this is the case, you need to do two things:
	- Disable SmartDrive
	- Enter VirtualHdIRq=OFF in your Windows sys.ini file.
    Even if the third case is not true, but you are using both SmartDrive
    and Disk Manager, you should *NOT* use a permanent swap file for
 >>   Windows.

EEK! We have exactly that arrangement where I work. A couple of followup
questions....

1) What kinds of problems, exactly, are we in for? How often?
2) Does this mean we just can't use Disk Manager and SmartDrive
together?
3) If so, what might we use instead of SmartDrive?

Thanks in advance!

Paul Botts

email to: prb@chinet.chi.il.us