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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:28:54 +0000 |
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Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 2 Dec 2008, at 13:13, Wolfgang Liebich wrote: |
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> > ... |
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> > My experience with NTFS is somewhat more balanced (maybe). In about |
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> > 12 years I experienced one damaged NTFS instance. This was caused |
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> > by a crash during an installation ... |
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> > So my conclusion --- NTFS is not so easy to damage, but if you |
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> > manage it, you're toast :-/ |
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> I'm not sure that your experience with NTFS _is_ more balanced - |
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> I've seen a number of PCs this year which fail booting into Windows |
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> (displaying the XP splashscreen before rebooting again in an |
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> unending cycle) which have been repaired using only chkdsk. |
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> Because the user liked to power his PC down at the wall - for energy- |
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> saving reasons or peace-of-mind over house-fires, I'm knackered if I |
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> know - and because "it was taking too long to shutdown" when he |
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> wanted to go to bed - I know one of these was unplugged whilst still |
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> shutting down, but surely not all of them were. |
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> Stroller. |
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Very much the same happens with Linux FSs when abused like this. |
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I live in area with frequent power outages and have my share of |
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damaged FSes and destroyed HDDs. (Un)fortunately I can't put NTFS in |
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the same chart for comparison, because I have "no Windows, no Gates - |
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only Apache inside". |
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(sorry for the old joke, I couldn't help it) :) |
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P.S. |
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It's not Windows vs Linux as somebody implied. My choice is |
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clear. I'm just trying to stay objective. |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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