rodney@syzygy.math.ucla.edu (Rodney Sinclair) (04/24/91)
Whenever I run TurboC++ 1.01 with smartdrv.sys installed, my c: partition (where TurboC resides) gets trashed. Borland has been unable to recommend a fix (other than not using smartdrv.sys). Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, what did you do to fix it? I'm using a 25MHz 386 AT clone (PC Brand) with 4MB of memory with c:, d:, and e: partitions on a Miniscribe 3085 hard drive. rodney@math.ucla.edu
psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul F Smith) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr23.202154.24835@math.ucla.edu> rodney@syzygy.math.ucla.edu (Rodney Sinclair) writes: >Whenever I run TurboC++ 1.01 with smartdrv.sys installed, my c: partition >(where TurboC resides) gets trashed. Borland has been unable to recommend >a fix (other than not using smartdrv.sys). > >Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, what did you do to fix it? > >I'm using a 25MHz 386 AT clone (PC Brand) with 4MB of memory with c:, d:, and >e: partitions on a Miniscribe 3085 hard drive. > >rodney@math.ucla.edu This is probably not Turbo C++'s fault ... I have had a lot of trouble with smartdrv.sys trashing drives and in general getting confused, like showing all of the entries in a directory twice. I tell anyone who asks to stop using it, period. They almost always stop having problems. I've found that PC-CACHE in PCTools Deluxe 6.0 works well. I've had no trouble in approx 6 months of use. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul F. Smith - ADPC - Purdue University psmith@ecn.purdue.edu Disclaimer: "Huh? Did I say something?"