Re: smartdrv

sctc wrote:

> You do make a good point about the floppy being last. It sounds
> logical that if the cd rom was first and the hard drive second, that
> it may boot up faster. Thanks for the tip....


You're welcome. Glad to help.

It will boot fastest if the hard drive is first, since it won't have to look
at any other devices, but no matter what the order the difference in boot
speed is small enough that it can be ignored. If I were you, I would ignore
speed of booting when making my choice.



> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23pM$XH2AGHA.532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> sctc wrote:
>>> I finally got XP to setup, after it formatted the drive. Will
>>> formatting get rid of any and all viruses no matter where they were
>>> on the computer?
>>
>>
>> All except for boot sector viruses, where aren't as common as they
>> used to be.
>>
>>
>>> I think i am going to go back and fdisk, format and
>>> then reinstall XP. If i am going to have to reload everything, i may
>>> as well make sure the drive is as clean as i can get it.
>>> Can you tell me what the correct order for the boot sequence should
>>> be? Floppy , hard drive, CD Rom?, What is the correct order...thanks
>>> again...
>>
>>
>>
>> There is no "correct order." Some people will tell you it should be
>> floppy first, then CD, and hard drive last, but I disagree. That
>> will try to boot from a floppy if you've accidentally left one in
>> the drive, and that's exactly how you get boot sector viruses, if
>> the floppy is infected.
>>
>> I prefer to keep the CD first, then the hard drive, with the floppy
>> last. My system won't boot from the CD accidentally, since it
>> requires me to press a key to do do so. If I ever need to boot from
>> the floppy, I'll change the boot order then, but only temporarily.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup


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