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Message   Hot Rod    ZED   Re: unneccessary files?   July 25, 1995
 8:39 PM *  

Z#@> -=> Quoting Green Dragon #35 @1916006 to Zed #1 @1915020*1 <=-
Z#@> GD#@> Re: unneccessary files?
Z#@> > 1) I use DOS 6.20, but do not use dblspace. Is it therefore safe to dele
Z#@> > dblspace.bin file in my root dir?
Z#@> GD#@> I think that's a system file & shouldn't be del even if you aren't
Z#@> GD#@> using DBLSPACE.
Z#@> Ya, probably better safe than sorry.
Z#@> > 2) When winDOZE gets a corrupted swap file and stops, and I have to go b
Z#@> > and fix it, I get a *huge* disk-hogging 7 Meg or so file called 386spart
Z#@> > also in my root dir. Again, safe to delete that also? What is it, anyway
Z#@> GD#@> Also, I think this is safe to del since win would give you a message
Z#@> GD#@> the next time you start up if you don't del it.  I read this in a ma
Z#@> GD#@> once.  L8r!   GD
Z#@> Actually, since posting this, I have <gasp> learned a lot more of WinDoZe,
Z#@> and to my chagrin found out this is the disk swap! <G> Yeah, it can be
Z#@> deleted allright, you'll just have to recreate it within Win when it's fir
Z#@> back up and says "corrupt swap file"! So, I can get around Win pretty good
Z#@> now, but, I still don't like it! Ah well, once a DOS junqui always so!
Z#@> Z�D!

Tell ya what, talk to me next time.  Already experienced many screw ups
in both dos and windoze.  I kinda like windoze.  Since I have done some
good setups my computer has been crash proof since.  I even tried to
crash it.  It would not.  Cool, huh?

Hot Rod
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