[techtalk] request for ideas

[Samantha Jo Moore]

> On 10/11/99, 11:37:42 PM,  wrote erroneously:
> 
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
> 
> > > So smart DOS does some very nice thing: *without* asking
> > > the user it overwrites the contents of the disk.  The
> > > cached directory contents are written just over the *real*
> > > directory structure because DOS tries to 'repair' the
> > > supposedly damaged directory.
> 
> > Dir might (or might not) incorrectly DISPLAY the contents
> > of the disk from the cache, but even brain-dead DOS does
> > not automatically dwiddle the FAT table or directory tree
> > of a piece of media while _reading_ it.
> 
> Ok, dear R.,
> 
> what are you trying to tell us?
> 
> I am not telling the truth?
>

Well, I for one have experienced the same thing as Karl-Heinz.  
R Pickett may be stating what DOS is supposed to do.  Let's not
start a fight, OK?

Samantha Jo Moore
CTO - The Tahoe Group, Inc.
http://www.thetahoegroup.com
sjmoore at thetahoegroup.com



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