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To: PMS Witch who wrote (4035)	6/14/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) of 110626

>> I find it hard to believe PowerQuest's stuff has made a mess of things. It seems to just make an copy of what it finds, or restores what was last saved. I never experienced it changing anything.<< I would LOVE to believe that. If DI works it's the perfect silver bullet. In this case I think you're right, too. I did a complete wipe of the drive in question and an original install (not an image) and the resulting OS behaved the same as the image with respect to Virtual Memory. I'm kinda stumped because Win 98 on my other disk doesn't behave like that. I may put the funny-behving image on the right-behaving disk and see what happens. Problem with the disk maybe? >>For DOS to execute an external command, it must know where to find it. It checks the current directory first, then the directories indicated by the PATH environment variable. You can check your PATH if you type SET at the DOS prompt. (SET is an internal command)<< I'm going to check that. I do see command.com on the disk. This is the type of thing I'd like to understand more about -- how the computer actually thinks about things. I've got the books and materials -- now I need to take the time... >>he wouldn't get it.<< Frailty of the species <g> w

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