dcrowley@sunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (David Crowley) (12/11/90)
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could tell me if they have have any problems with the Magic screen saver on cica.cica under pub/pc/win3/util as mag110.zip Why I am asking is because the other day I left it running for about 4 or 5 hours with out touching my computer, and when I came back and moved the mouse nothing happened. Ohh no I thought! So I pressed a key, to my relief the screen came back, but the drive sounded really funny when I gave me my screen back. The mouse still didn't work, so I saved all work and exited windows. Did a <ctrl><alt><del>. Mouse driver said it couldn't find the serial port, did a few other things in the config.sys and then hung, i.e. the computer didn't even finish booting up, and yet it didn't complain about disk having an error. Pressed the reboot button. Same symptoms. Turn machine off. On again. Serial ports now there so mouse driver loads fine, etc... Disk read error drive C: before finishing config. Booted off a floopy. Ran Norton NDD. It detected an error in the FAT and couldn't continue diagnosing the disk, saying there was a physical error. Ran Norton DT. Ran NDD again, again it detected an error but fixed it this time and went on to fix the directory structure and then move some bad sectors. Fortunatly only programs were lost, Windows ones at that so I am able to get back on the road. What I don't understand is why would this happen when nobody even went near the machine. And why does magic access the disk when it gives you the screen back? Is this a bug or a feature? I guess so you know what I was running when this happened here it is: hardware: 386sx with 2 meg RAM 42 Meg Miniscribe stepper h/drive with one large partition under MsDos 4.01 with share loaded Genius mouse (pc mode, not Microsoft mode) EGA (urghhh, but can't be helped!-() software: shell=c:\comand.com /e:1024 /p f-driver.sys <--- a virus checker device gmouse.sys <--- Genius mouse driver himem.sys smartdrv.sys 768 256 ega.sys Windows3 in 386enh mode clock magic print manager program manager excel <-- with new data not saved before I left So. Does anyone have any bright ideas? David... -----------------=\|/= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = David Crowley --@-- Research Assistant, Macquarie University, Australia ----------------- /|\ email: dcrowley@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au At MacUni - Phone = 61 2 805-8597 Room = EsevenB 252 || At home - Phone = 489-5384 Don't blow up, it's more fun to implode !! -- -----------------=\|/= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = David Crowley --@-- Research Assistant, Macquarie University, Australia ----------------- /|\ email: dcrowley@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au At MacUni - Phone = 61 2 805-8597 Room = EsevenB 252 ||