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From: robert4@garfield.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Hard Drive dir problem
Message-ID: <3774@garfield.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 14:24:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: garfield.3774
Posted: Sun Jul  5 14:24:08 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jul-87 03:56:24 EDT
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial U. of Newfoundland, St. John's
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Keywords: flashing lights




Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone know of a fix or patch (if
that's what's needed) ?
 
Whenever I (or a programme) access a directory for the first time after a cold
boot (after loading dos and executing autoexec.bat, etc.) my hard drive access
indicator light flashes rapidly and steadily for about 5-10 sec and then
produces the results of the dir scan. This ONLY occurs the first time after I
turn the system on OR when using a utility like PCTools (each time it checks
the dir or a path).  And this only seems to happen with DOS 3.2 (I was using
2.11 before this without the problem) and only on the hard drive.  I have asked
some friends (with different PCs and/or hard drives) about this and some have
and others have not had a similar experience.
 
My system:
 
Commodore PC10-II (8088 PC clone; verrrry compatible)
Lapine 20 meg hard drive (half-height, internal)
Tandy 1200 baud infernal (oops! internal) modem
SmartWatch clock/calendar ic
AGA board
2 Panasonic floppy drives
 
All suggestions gratefully accepted.
 
Rob
 
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 robert4@garfield.UUCP              or            R. D. Pitt
 robert4@garfield.MUN.CDN                         Dept. of English
 RPITT@kean.MUN.CDN                               Memorial University
                                                  St. John's, Newfoundland
                                                  Canada           A1C 5S7
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