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[OM] Re: A not so favorable report on PC Inspector Smart Recovery

Subject: [OM] Re: A not so favorable report on PC Inspector Smart Recovery
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:31:17 -0800
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> <snip>
> Opening the CF door does exhibit different behavior from the power 
> switch but I think it's clearly by design.  Opening the CF door 
> activates another soft switch that stops writing as soon as the current 
> file or file set (raw + JPEG) is written.   It definitely does not stop 
> writing immediately and I could not force a corrupted file.  However, 
> anything beyond one file or file set is discarded.
>   
Thanks! I didn't know those details. I guess I've very seldom been at 
risk anyway..
> I say I can see that this is by design since I think the logic is thus: 
>   "Uh, oh!  You opened the damned door and I'm still writing.  If you 
> hit that eject button it's possible that I might be writing the FAT at 
> that time and if the FAT gets trashed you're in the hurts... and there's 
> nothing I can do now to stop you if you suddenly yank out the CF card. 
> However, I'm fast enough that I can probably compete the current file 
> write before you can get your thumb on that eject button.  I'm gonna 
> finish this one but then I'm gonna have to shut down so you don't 
> completely screw yourself."
>   
Not the worst logic in the world. Thanks again for the research.

Moose

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