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Hello Matt - 

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WC>> Even when it acted up Win 3.1 is more resilient to a crash
WC>> than is 98 in my experience... what's wrong with this
WC>> picture? 

MM> Win 3.0 and 3.1 did not keep the active copy of the FAT in
MM> memory, as well as leaving dozens of files 'open' on the
MM> HD. That was the big "improvement" that began with Win 95.
MM> All that stuff being left 'open' gave a needed speed boost
MM> during use, but was hell to pay when the system died
MM> without warning. 

I vaguely recall some mention of this problem being due to
smartdrv and delayed writes etc.? 

I found a lengthy discussion of all the details but also found
that I didn't really care enough to wade through it. I use the
W98SE version of smartdrv with my W31 install and can turn off
the power without exiting W31 and reboot with no problems. :-) 

Seems faster too. 

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