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Title: shutting down DOS, any harm to computer?
Post by: bdsjake on August 03, 2004, 09:45:55 pm

ok, I had no takers on my last long convulted question re using DOS, so I'm gonna try one at a time.

You know how if you just turn off the computer with windows (hard shut down as opposed to a soft windows shut down with the start button) you can get corrupted files and it runs scan disk the next boot.

Well, do I recall correctly with DOS that is doesn't matter?  I recall, and it doesn't seem that long ago (does it?!) that we all would just flip the power switch off with no formal shut down procedures.

thanks,

Title: Re:shutting down DOS, any harm to computer?
Post by: paigeoliver on August 03, 2004, 10:59:14 pm

technically you should turn off from a command prompt so you don't turn off during a write, but Mame doesn't write much, worst thing that could happen is a corrupted high score table for a game, which could only happen if you turned off while exiting and got lucky at that.

Title: Re:shutting down DOS, any harm to computer?
Post by: bdsjake on August 04, 2004, 10:57:19 am

paige, thanks,

Title: Re:shutting down DOS, any harm to computer?
Post by: PacManFan on August 04, 2004, 11:20:59 am

You should be completely safe just clicking off the computer in DOS. Like paigeoliver said, the only thing that can get corrupted are things MAME actually writes.

-PMF