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Another Xp question
« on: April 28, 2005, 11:10:35 am »
Does anyone know if its damaging to the OS to shut it down without going through a proper shutdown on a regular basis?  Also, is it possible to dissable that disk checking when you have shut it down "improperly"?
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Re: Another Xp question
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2005, 11:52:32 am »
It's damaging to the filesystem.  Not shutting down properly could lead to file corruption.  XP does have a nice feature that if enabled when you hit the power button it shuts itself down graciously.
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Re: Another Xp question
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2005, 08:48:12 pm »
I like to use that function with a relay off the floppy power cable the turns the other hardware off/on.
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Re: Another Xp question
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2005, 08:07:44 am »
I actually use that function on my cab.  Iused the leads off the motherbard for a case power switch and wired it to a back happ pushbutton hidden on my cabinet.

I've also got it hooked up to a smartstrip.  One button power on and power off for the whole cabinet, it's nice.
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Re: Another Xp question
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2005, 08:42:59 am »
me too. works a treat
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