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Re:Windows 96 by wruza on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:55PM (#27979840)
Protip: Windows 95 (and 98) installs much faster hdd-to-hdd if you start smartdrv.exe in your config.sys/autoexec.bat even with minimal write cache.
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Re:Windows 96 by thomasz on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:29AM (#27980525)
Thanks, that would have been really helpful advice a quarter of a century ago :)
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Re:Windows 96 by joedoejr on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:02AM (#27982067)
funny fact - freedos does not support smartdrv even in 2021
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Re:Windows 96 by exikyut on Friday July 30, 2021 @04:00AM (#28005607)
Wow. Why not?!?!

...Hmm, probably undocumented API stuff :/

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Re:Windows 96 by inglor_cz on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:42AM (#27981303)
Smartdrv.exe was a vital utility on DOS systems.

You had to unload it to play some games, though, otherwise they wouldn't fit into memory (DOOM on 4 MB systems, Duke Nukem on 8 MB systems).

God, I am old.

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Re:Windows 96 by spinny on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @08:20AM (#27982916)
the good old day when 4mb of ram would cost an arm and a leg. first upgrade on my old 486dx4 100mhz
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Re:Windows 96 by mixmastamyk on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:53AM (#27980995)
You could run smartdrv.exe later, I believe.
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