Editor's Note:

Technically the following information is NOT a MUF, but is included
here due to the fact that it may help save someone a lot of grief!
Similar to advising others not to use delayed cache writes and DOS
6.0's DoubleSpace.

29) CHKDSK

    Can you tell me the _date_ of the BAD CHKDSK?  I live in
    fear of it as I mainly work on other peoples computers an I
    have no way of telling if I will destroy their HD with a
    simple chkdsk command!

                              Wallace Mcgee

    The only problem with CHKDSK is with large partitions where DOS uses
    a 256-sector FAT. Specifically with partition sizes in the ranges of:

        127MB-129MB
        254MB-258MB
        508MB-516MB
        1018MB-1030MB
        2035MB-2061MB

    The date of the CHKDSK that has that problem is 04/09/91. The
    replacement being dated 11/11/91.

    UNDELETE has the same problem for the same reason.

    Bottom line is - if you don't have partitions in these size ranges -
    you don't have a problem.

    The corrected versions can be had by downloading from the MS BBS.
    Probably also available off of CompuServ. The file to look for is:
    PD0464.EXE. The phone number for the MS BBS is (206) 936-6735.

    Hope that helps you and others with the same question.

                              Steve Osterday

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30) DELTREE

    Another new, and potentially dangerous, feature of IBM DOS v6.01.
    If you were on drive C: and issued the command:

    DELTREE /Y \

    it would dutifully, and without stopping to ask for verification,
    delete your entire drive C:!

    (You can test it on a floppy with directories, subdirectories,
    and files scattered throughout ... just make sure you specify
    and/or are on that drive (disk) when issuing the above command).

                              Vernon Frazee
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Well folks, that's it for Vol.1 #6

Please forward any information about other Fabulous MUFs to Gary Cooper
in the FidoNet BatPower echo or at the addresses below.

Gary Cooper, Co-Sysop Programmer's Corner FidoNet 1:255/6.0
gary.cooper.@f6.n255.z1.fidonet.org

Thanks!  Till next time, we return you to your regularly scheduled
BatPower program . . .