26 Apr
2001
26 Apr
'01
4:32 a.m.
At 05:10 PM 4/26/01 +0100, Kevin Murrell wrote:
"Writing unsaved data to disk". Why would
some file system
data remain in memory, even after minutes or hours of relative
Isn't most of this time spent trying to get various system services to stop?
I know that a machine with Exchange Server on will take ages.
Notice there is *very* little disk activity during this period.
So why doesn't the message say "Halting system services"? :-)
A message that suggests that critical data hasn't been
written to disk isn't technically accurate, and I wouldn't
call it marketing-friendly, either.
Then again, it's not like WinNT is running the Space Station Alpha
or anything really important. It's just my hard disk and data.
- John