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Can Daggerfall setup on Dosbox cause hard drive loss

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First post, by sidv88

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:05

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I was setting up Daggerfall yesterday, and absent-mindedly used the auto-detect function to configure music and sound. Only after I had already done this, did I notice the warning:

"If this machine contains a SCSI hard disk it is unadvisablle to proceed with the auto detection process as data loss can occur"

As far as I know, I am using a SATA hard drive. However, I was running Daggerfall on Dosbox 0.72 in a Windows Vista x64 system, and I had my entire C:\ drive mounted at the time (I know this is not recommended).

Has any data loss occurred from my use of auto-detect? I checked my files and they seem ok, but can't really be sure. I'd be grateful for any input--thanks.

Reply 1 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:10

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No problem. DOSBox can't access your hardware in a dangerous manner.

1+1=10

Reply 2 of 5, by sidv88

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:42

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ok thanks, I feel better. Forgot to mention I was running dosbox as administrator, but that probably doesn't make a difference.

Reply 3 of 5, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:51

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h-a-l-9000 wrote:
No problem. DOSBox can't access your hardware in a dangerous manner.

Except you do a "mount c c:"

😀

format c:

Klimawandel.

Reply 4 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:54

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IIGS_User wrote:
Except you do a "mount c c:" […]
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h-a-l-9000 wrote:
No problem. DOSBox can't access your hardware in a dangerous manner.

Except you do a "mount c c:"

😀

format c:

nothing happens of course.

deltree /y on the other hand (if you install deltree in dosbox first 😀 )

Water flows down the stream
How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 5 of 5, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2009-03-22, 17:58

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or just 'del ntldr' 😉

1+1=10

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