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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:34:20 -0800
To: Ashwin_Patil AT Kindlesystems DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz AT teknowledge DOT com>
Subject: Re: Disk Defragmentation removes mounts!!
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Hello,

It sounds more like some busy-body Windows "maintenance" software saw 
something it didn't like (the Registry entries that encode the current 
Cygwin mounts) and "fixed" it for you. Does your de-fragmenting software do 
anything besides file system integrity / consistency checking before it 
de-fragments? Norton's Macintosh utilities will foul up a Office '98 
install. I have to reject quite a few of the registry repairs the latest 
Norton software repeatedly offers to apply for me on my Win 2K Pro system.

Not meaning to presume that this happened to you, but I recommend not 
letting any of these system fixers apply their repairs, especially registry 
repairs, without your examination and approval of each one.


Randall Schulz
Teknowledge Corp.
Palo Alto, CA USA



At 01:44 3/27/2001, Ashwin_Patil AT Kindlesystems DOT com wrote:
>Hi
>
>I had a strange case of all mount points disappearing after i ran a disk
>defragmentation program. Is this normal? If not, i think it should be part of
>the FAQ. I haven't checked on the FAQs. So, pardon me if i raised it a second
>time.!
>
>
>Ashwin


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