Subj : Re: Early PCs
To   : Nightfox
From : Blue White
Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 08:20 am

 > Drive compression has its issues..  It generally slows down the
 > computer, and there was one time for me when DOS booted up and the
 > drive compression driver didn't load for some reason, so I couldn't
 > access my files.  I don't remember what I had to do to fix that..
 
IIRC, it was suggested (but maybe not by Microsoft and the compression
vendors) that the boot device, C:, should not be compressed so in the
event of issues the system was still accessable for troubleshooting.



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