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| 69689 |
2002-08-09 11:16:00 |
Thanks GF - Hey well done 1010 posts - boy thats got to be the record!!!! Some imfo in that lot of posts!!!!! I have only just reached the 100 mark!!!! |
J ZEP (336) |
| 69690 |
2002-08-10 03:48:00 |
Well. They keep reinventing software faults, don't they? CP/M, which was the DOS for 8-bit 8080 and Z80 processors had a special command to use when you changed disks in the floppy drive. You had to type Ctrl/C to tell the system you had changed disks. Otherwise nasty things would happen. The directory of the original disk was still in memory. If you wrote a file to the floppy, it would be written to a "free space" (according to the wrong directory) then the revised direcicory would be written to the disk. Oh Dear. :-( That disk in the drive would have had the only copies of your most important files. And they would now be unreadable. When 5.25" disks came along, you could set a jumper to "signal disk change" , and this enhancement was quickly included in the operating system.
History lesson over. ;-) When you have finished writing, and click on the CD icon, have you got an "unmount" option? If so, do it before removing the CD. But they ought to have a better way of doing it. |
Graham L (2) |
| 69691 |
2002-08-10 07:32:00 |
Hi Graham, thanks for that bit of history, most interesting, i am always keen on hearing about the workings of the pc. I was thinking about the "unmount" option last night and it crossed my mind that when burning, the instructions say let the program take over (which it does anyway so it doesn't seem optional)and insert the cd for you and open it again when its over and finished writing, so it may be a bit hard to do that 'unmount' before removing the cd eh??? Cause it automatically opens for the removal when finished - i gather because of the bold it is important to do it before the cd is removed?? Thanks Graham. :-) |
J ZEP (336) |
| 69692 |
2002-08-11 05:08:00 |
I find that starting and closing Nero gets things working again... |
Brent P (198) |
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