Re: Once again... Win95 or OS/2 Warp?

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From: elarson
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:00

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In <4e2shb$jjt@lantana.singnet.com.sg>, englf@singnet.com.sg (felix eng) writes:

>While doing this, I noticed that the contents of one disk apparently
>matched the contents of the current disk in the drive.  I put in another disk
>and typed Dir.
============

Try putting in a new floppy drive -- it really sounds like you've got a drive
on the way out.  The lack of changeline recognition is typical of a dirty
sensor, bad cable, FDDI controller failure, or outright floppy failure.

I would be looking for problems with the OS only after assuring myself that
the hardware was OK.  

If I could comment.  If you were running DOS, it's likely the first thing 
you would have blamed is the hardware.  Adopting this same attitude 
with OS/2 will get you through problems quicker as contrary to 
"winadvocates opinion," software is rarely the problem, hardware is.

Eric Larson
elarson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

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From: elarson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Once again... Win95 or OS/2 Warp?
Date: 1996/01/23
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