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  2. From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
  5. Keywords: So quoth Bill Gates
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.143829.3907@njitgw.njit.edu>
  7. Date: 26 Jan 93 14:38:29 GMT
  8. References: <enk2.62.727572369@po.cwru.edu> <5JLqXB9w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
  9. Sender: news@njit.edu
  10. Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.
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  14. In article <5JLqXB9w165w@tcscs.UUCP> zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com writes:
  15. >With OS/2, when it reboots, particularly after a crash or unexpected
  16. >shutdown, it takes upwards of 5 to 30 minutes depending on your hard drive
  17. >size and configuration.
  18.  
  19. Only if you don't shut it down.  And that's CHKDSK doing the slowdown.
  20. RUnning CHKDSK after a crash is something that DOS users should do as
  21. well, IMO.  And I haven't had a system crash so bad that CTRL-ALT-DEL
  22. couldn't get me out of it - CHKDSK doesn't have to run in that case.
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