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On 30 January 2012 13:09, Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz> wrote: |
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>> Technically, they did, it was just impossible for an OS to make it |
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>> actually work: |
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>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/04/02/9528175.aspx |
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From the comments: |
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Barry Kelly: "Win95 Setup *does* make the floppy drive grind, though, |
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as have all versions of Windows Setup from 95 through to XP. (Speaking |
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as an ex hardware technician who installed Windows hundreds of times.) |
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Specifically, it makes the grinding noise when it's setting up the |
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Start Menu items for the first time (it says). I personally suspect |
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it's because it's creating the "Send To" shortcut, but that's only my |
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suspicion." |
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Honestly, given that it's a single bit check per hardware change, it |
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doesn't seem like all that challenging of a feature. We could have had |
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autorun.inf viruses almost 5 years earlier! |
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