> could be flaky hardware. Get a comprehensive memory test program. Such as memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com/
It's free and it's great. And it's essential to use on modern PC hardware, which gets closer to the edge and more fragile every day. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] File Format Not Recognized > > > edsi wrote: > > >I would be interested in how many of you this week who lost Protel file , or it quit working have AUTOMATIC UPDATES on with windows. I had the same problem this week also. The only software installed on my machine this weeek was Gates trash. > > > > > > > Never. I have never lost a significant amount of work with Protel > 99SE/SP6. Sometimes I > have lost a couple of minutes of changes, tops. I have never had a > whole DDB file go bad > on me, and only had a couple of hangups in several years of use. But, I > only use Protel 99SE, > Xilinx ise, and a mechanical CAD package on the Windows system. > Everything else I do > is on Linux. I actually run the Windows 2000 Pro system under a virtual > machine > emulator under Linux, called VMware. Linux usually stays up between > power failures > (70+ days) and Win2K usually stays up for weeks at a time. If you have > problems, it > could be flaky hardware. Get a comprehensive memory test program. > > Jon > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
