dag@tc.fluke.COM (David Gunderson) (08/14/90)
I'm posting this for a friend of mine who has no net access. He is having trouble running windows 3.0 together with the OnTrack disk manager (allows large partitions under DOS 3.3). He's tried microsoft support without much help. I've looked through the old messages on this group without finding reference to this problem. Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Direct responses would be appreciated. I will summerize to the net if I get enough responses. Thanks David Gunderson
pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz) (08/15/90)
dag@tc.fluke.COM (David Gunderson) writes... >I'm posting this for a friend of mine who has no net access. He is >having trouble running windows 3.0 together with the OnTrack >disk manager (allows large partitions under DOS 3.3). He's tried >microsoft support without much help. I've looked through the old >messages on this group without finding reference to this problem. >Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Direct responses would be >appreciated. I will summerize to the net if I get enough responses. > >Thanks >David Gunderson Apparently the OnTrack Disk Manager/Windows problems is a recognized bug. Run together they can nuke the hard disk. For references see InfoWorld: July 2, 1990, and other similar industry rags that came out at that time. - Z - +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PauL M SchwartZ | | | PSCHWART@vms3.macc.wisc.edu | Your message here... | | PSCHWART@wiscmacc.BitNet | only 5$ per post | | (608)255-5702 | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (08/16/90)
Well, tell your friend to stop using Windows 3.0 as quickly as
possible. When Windows 3.0 first came out in late May, there was a
lot of people complaining about having hard disk thrashed by Windows 3.0.
Their setups were Disk Manager with large partition (esp. > 1024 cyln),
and Windows 3.0 with SMARTDRV.SYS (I think).
These are not my personal experience, but be warned !
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In article <1990Aug14.153452.5774@tc.fluke.COM>, dag@tc.fluke.COM (David Gunderson) writes: > I'm posting this for a friend of mine who has no net access. He is > having trouble running windows 3.0 together with the OnTrack > disk manager (allows large partitions under DOS 3.3). He's tried > microsoft support without much help. I've looked through the old > messages on this group without finding reference to this problem. > Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Direct responses would be > appreciated. I will summerize to the net if I get enough responses. > > Thanks > David Gunderson I have heard several complaints to this effect, and I also believe this was widely published in the trade rags. I s'pose the workaround is to use DOS 4.0 if having the ONE BIG partition is absolutely necessary. --alan alan@merch.TANDY.COM or texsun!letni!rwsys!merch!ferus!alan
itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (08/22/90)
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) writes: >Well, tell your friend to stop using Windows 3.0 as quickly as >possible. When Windows 3.0 first came out in late May, there was a >lot of people complaining about having hard disk thrashed by Windows 3.0. >Their setups were Disk Manager with large partition (esp. > 1024 cyln), >and Windows 3.0 with SMARTDRV.SYS (I think). >These are not my personal experience, but be warned ! Well, they were MY personal experience! I tried installing Win3 at least 8 or 10 times and each time my disk somehow got trashed. I finally stopped using SMARTDRV and... Voila! I've been running happily ever since! I haven't tried reinstalling the MACE disk cache utility, for fear of some other interaction. Has ANYONE who is running Disk Manager successfully installed Windows 3 with a disk cache utility? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : {apple,coherent,limbo,mips,pyramid,ubvax}!itkin@guinan.Transact.COM :