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Date:	Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:44:26 PST8
From:	SYNass i-lists <i-lists@synass.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	Help SCOUG <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: eCS or OS/2 Warp 4 resp 4.52 and why ???

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Hi SCOUGians
After a long silence I come with a question to you:

Would you, at the present time, install eCS 1.2 or
RE-install OS/2 Warp again ???

I had a disastrous HW experience some month ago.
My notebook HDD (Toshiba MK-6023GAX) was making (some farting)
noise and stalled the whole system sometimes.
I prepared for its replacement.

During the preparations on the backup clone from
the malicious to a second HDD DFSee stacked at 11.8%
for many hours ...
... and only C-A-D was able to stop the system !!!

Unfortunately after this:
Both of these both HDD gave a "Boot Record read error" and
DFSee showed some very strange layouts ;-(

I checked with DFSee's Jan van Wjik and got to hear that the
checked HDD seems to be empty ;-((

The HDD went to CBLtech in Singapore for a possible hard-recovery.
Their analysis sounded quite optimistic but after doing hard-recovery
I had to hear that there was nothing recoverable ;-(((

Due this disastrous clone backup (source & target HDD spoilt) ...
... all my data since October 2003 are gone ;-O

Now I have to begin from scratch ;-=A6

My soul tends more to the native and pure OS/2 Warp ...
... but further development and support, even having PA
(Passport Advantage Express) may lead more to eCS !?

Cosmetically I like OS/2 much more than eCS and
I do not like some of its new feature like x/eWPS !?

Would you restart with eCS 1.2 or ...
... would you RE-install OS/2 Warp 4 resp 4.52 ???

I am keen to hear your recommendations and suggestions and ...
... why to do so !

TIA for your appreciated help and kind regards
svob=EF

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