Re: attempt to access beyond end of device
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> >Yes, I was wondering what to do like that. Any recommends?
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> >The same hard disc is dual booting win98 quite happily.
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> >Steve
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> There's memtest86 which very quickly persuaded me to <plonk> some ECC
> sdram. I was wondering why testing was to, well, testing.
> Smartmontools would be a Good Thing. Tells you how good the disk is.
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> I don't think W98 means much:-) I used to have a computer that run
> Windows 95 very nicely and was sick all over the place with OS/2. the
> difference? OS/2 is mostly 32-bit, W95 is largely 16-bit. The 32-bit
> code is more demanding of RAM and such.
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> If it's the boss's money, suggest it really isn't work spending much on
> checking it out - how old is it? - and maybe an investment in something
> known good is good:-)
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> Cheers
> John
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John,
Memtest is on it's 2nd clean pass & I have downloaded Smartmontools to
follow it in.
It is quite an old machine but I am the boss & resent your
freespending attitude to my money :-^)
Very many thanks fr your help which looks like it wwill be useful for
some time to come.
Steve
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