From:	MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 1997 09:45:11 GMT
Message-Id:	<199702140945.JAA07785@milly>
To:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	[opendos] How safe is diskopt?
Sender:	owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net

Does anyone know how safe the disk optimser is for OpenDOS?

I have heard that there are 'uncrashable' ones that keep your data intact even
if a power failure occurs.

Reason...

While I was still using DR-DOS, I optimised one of my disks and went to do
something else.  Imagine my dismay when I switched on the monitor and saw
the message:

EMM386: write attempted to BDOS kernel

Amazingly none of my data was damaged although the optimiser had crashed
part-way through.

I have no wish to repeat this experience, or if I have to, I would like to know
that may data will always survive..

So, how safe is the program?

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