Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 08:03:22 +0200 (MET DST)
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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: Re: protecting DR-DOS from Windows
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DONALD PEDDER wrote:
>   My problem is,Windows IS touching that disk. It keeps dumping a
>"recycled" directory onto the disk (which can only be removed by a
>re-format) with a "desktop.ini" in it (the file can be deleted,but not the
>directory). I don't know what particular operation is doing this.

Since I'm not runnig DR_DOS right now I don't remember if deltree exists
but that will do it (there's a freeware deltree that I found on some site).
Add:
deltree/y c:\recycled
To your autoexec.bat

>   So,what I'm wondering - does anyone know how to make these partitions
>read-only to Windows? I looked in "properties" for the disks,but there was
>nothing like that there.

No but I do know how you can get it to not see the drives at all (if they
are on another disk). By changing your BIOS (and in some cases also
changing in "Control Panel"|"System") you'll be able to get Windows to not
see your drives.
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...