Mark et al I just looked at my D: drive, with a file manager, and was
shocked at what I saw. The last time I used the D: drive was for last years
WPX contest, all the files are still there. Sometime between then and now
Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has installed a bunch of 'KRAP'. The D:
drive is a FAT32. I'm guessing it was probably during one of their many
updates. I do not use the automatic updates and there was never any mention
about installing stuff on all the drives. The only time I use the D: drive
is if I'm trying to be serious during a contest but I will use it this
weekend to see what effect all that Microsoft stuff has.
73
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Bailey
To: ct-user@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 13:02
Subject: Re: [ct-user] CT & XP
Hi Mal and everyone:
That works as well. You do need somewhere to store the log files,
though. This may be a FAT partition on a hard drive or, on some
computers, a USB key...
AFAIK, those instructions are still fine. If you have any questions,
drop me a line.
73,
Mark, KD4D ("some W4... :-))
N7MAL wrote:
> Ron a year, or so, ago some W4 developed a system for booting your
computer
> using an ISO image on a CD. I did it and it works perfectly. Whenever I
> need to boot to my D: drive I insert the CD and tell the computer to
> restart. Your computer will think it is a DOS machine and you can
install CT
> from a floppy with no problem. I think some of the instructions are on
the
> K1EA website.
> 73
>
>
> MAL
> N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN
> To: ct-user@contesting.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:59
> Subject: [ct-user] CT & XP
>
>
> Forgive me if this is a known issue -- I suspect it is -- but for the
> first
> time since I bought CT 6.17 at Dayton longer ago than I care to think
> about,
> I ran into a major problem with CT yesterday.
>
> Went to setup CT 10 on the "new" (OK, rebuilt) shack computer so I
could
> run
> a little SS for the spare hour or so I had, and it locked up on me
during
> initial setup. Never at the same place, but I never got out of the
setup
> screen.
>
> The new computer is running XP Pro SP2. It replaced a Win98SE box.
Also,
> FWIW, I have the CT files stored on my D: drive instead of C: -- D: is
a
> smaller FAT32 drive instead of an NTFS drive, neccesary to avoid
problems
> with my primary logging and QSL management routines (written in dBase
IV &
> Visual dBase 5.7... which, being 16 bit apps, don't handle NTFS long
file
> names well, but THAT's another story altogether)
>
> SO, two simple questions:
> -- Is this a compatibility problem with CT & XP?
> -- And if so, should I switch to CTWin?
>
> I really hate to give up on CT. It may be "old" software, but it's
tried,
> true, and I'm used to it.
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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