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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: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:39:32 -0500
Just a wild guess on my part but if I was doing it that's the design 
logic I'd use... regardless of what Phil Askey says.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:

> 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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