[ Quoting Gord McFee to Scott Little ]
 SL>The only reason HPFS is less likely to get a virus is because the
 SL>majority of computers are running FAT system, so most viruses are
 SL>designed to infect FAT partitions (if at all).
 GM> I don't think you will find the technical explanations agree with
 GM> that.  My recollection is that the way in which HPFS is constructed is
 GM> the main reason.
That's kind of what I was implying. Most virii expect to be on FAT, and so
expect certain things to be incertain places. Under HPFS, they aren't (which
can lead to different problems too).
 
 SL>A HPFS disk is fragmented permanently, that is how it prevents file
 SL>fragmentation (by leaving the disk fragmented).
 GM> Hello?
Disk Fragmentation: Spaces between files
File Fragmentation: Spaces between parts of files
HPFS is permanently DISK FRAGMENTED, to avoid FILE fragmentation.
 
 JB> Where do  you see more cross-linked files?
 SL>I haven't had one of those since my 286 days. It came with a stuffed
 GM> Which is more time-consuming than not having to do it at all.
I take that back actually. I copied about 300 meg of old message files
(JAM format, 4 per area, about 400 areas) to a DOS machine running LANtastic.
A week later, one cross linked file. Weird. Never happened to me under Win.
Maybe it was lantastic.
 SL>File systems aren't stable. The software that uses it is.
 GM> OK.  Which software is more stable?
Are we comparing apples and oranges again?
Regards,
 - Scott
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