Re: old win versions (A philosophic approach to the study of)
- From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:15:44 -0400
Why is it that MS took out all these
> various command problems and did not include the solution on XP
Because better/more secure ways were found to do many of the same things.
Other earlier technologies were not very reliable (I can't even begin to
count how many people lost everything using drivespace) or are not able to
be secured for today's on-line environment!
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"Georgew6" <Georgew6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have the same problem and just found this thread today. At least I
> understand, but I do have a gripe then. Why is it that MS took out all
> these
> various command problems and did not include the solution on XP instead of
> requiring users to go back to an older verstion? From 98 to XP was only
> one
> day in the life of the user. They would hardly know that files compressed
> with DRVSPACE would instently become unreadable.
>
> I just purchased an external floppy disk drive specifically to read and
> either keep or delete files in archives on floppies, a common practice
> once
> often used. Previously, I did use a Windows 98 computer because it had a
> floppy drive. When the Windows 98 eventually crashed for some unknown
> reason,
> I just left the computer as a desk ornament and continued all my work on
> the
> new computer, new operating system.
>
> Would you agree that this experience does nicely illustrate the
> difficulties
> future historians and other investigators are going to have with digital
> data
> archives? Even my old dissertation was written in CPM, as I recall and
> maybe
> later put on a Wang Word Processor somehow for printing purposes. This
> will
> be a huge loss
> to mankind :-) (loss of BS) if the two existing paper copies are ever to
> disappear.
>
> Oh well, maybe I can revive the Windows 98, although the last time I tried
> I
> was told I needed some disk that I did not have and is no longer sold. At
> the
> the time I did not think about looking on ebay. I'll bet someone is
> selling
> Windows 98 for a good price!
>
> GeorgeW6
>
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> You need a computer that has drive space operational to read the disk in
>> question. There is no other way. What you have is a disk that has been
>> "mounted" using drive space (compression). No newer Windows operating
>> systems after Win98/ME use this form of compression.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>
>> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "dmtrisFromAthens" <dmtrisFromAthens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:C3999AB8-0FDD-485F-90AA-08B2EDA70169@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >i have an issue about the drvspace command of windows 95-98
>> > winXp does not contain this function anymore.
>> > So how can i get access to data written on a diskette that has been
>> > compessed
>> > using the drvspace command?
>> > Does WinXp have an alternative procedure or do i just find a computer
>> > operating on win95 or win98 environment to get the data out of the
>> > disk?
>>
>>
>>
.
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