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Easy hack for computer on/off switch.
shmokes:
I would think it would be the other way around. I am under the impression that FAT 32 is much easier corrupted by a power failure than NTFS. I pretty much thought it was FAT 32 was easier corrupted in any concievable scenario than NTFS -- it's faster, though.
_Iz-:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 08, 2003, 04:12:16 pm ---I would think it would be the other way around. I am under the impression that FAT 32 is much easier corrupted by a power failure than NTFS. I pretty much thought it was FAT 32 was easier corrupted in any concievable scenario than NTFS -- it's faster, though.
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This is correct. I still wouldn't want to do it on either. It's way too easy to just hook eveything up correctly.
Chris:
--- Quote from: Wade on May 08, 2003, 04:03:18 pm ---That's true, it could be a problem for windows pc's. On the other hand, I've been turning off my main win95 machine without shutting down for 5 years now and I always skip scandisk, and I haven't had any problems. Win2k/XP might though. I suspect Win98 would likely take it okay also.
Wade
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Windows 98 will power off gracefully on a full ATX system; there is a minimal delay as it does the graceful shutdown thing. I have not installed the patch that does the 2-second delay on shutdown, though, but I haven't seen any issues...
If you do power off a Windows system on a regular basis, make sure you make backups!
--Chris