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It's happened a couple times now.  Nascar2 (running in DOS) will
lockup.  Usually when I'm on the car setup sheet.  I have to reset the
computer to get it started again and then later Scandisk shows an N2
file crosslinked to another file on my system

It happened last night and I immediately ran Scandisk.  One of the
Rockingham setup files was crosslinked with C:\Windows\System.da0.  I
told scan disk to fix the problem by killing the setup file and saving
the system file.  That was a bit scarry having a system file (the DA0
file is the backup I think, but too close for comfort!) nearly
corrupted.

I'm pretty sure this was cause and effect since my Win95 System Agent
runs scandisk on a regular basis the disk was clean when I started N2.
Again, I'm running in DOS - Restart Computer in DOS Mode - not a DOS
window.

Has anyone else noticed this?  Have you run a scandisk after an N2
lockup?  

System.da0 is a backup of part of Win95's registry.

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: It's happened a couple times now.  Nascar2 (running in DOS) will
: lockup.  Usually when I'm on the car setup sheet.  I have to reset the
: computer to get it started again and then later Scandisk shows an N2
: file crosslinked to another file on my system

: It happened last night and I immediately ran Scandisk.  One of the
: Rockingham setup files was crosslinked with C:\Windows\System.da0.  I
: told scan disk to fix the problem by killing the setup file and saving
: the system file.  That was a bit scarry having a system file (the DA0
: file is the backup I think, but too close for comfort!) nearly
: corrupted.

: I'm pretty sure this was cause and effect since my Win95 System Agent
: runs scandisk on a regular basis the disk was clean when I started N2.
: Again, I'm running in DOS - Restart Computer in DOS Mode - not a DOS
: window.

: Has anyone else noticed this?  Have you run a scandisk after an N2
: lockup?  

I have never had N2 lock up on me.  Well that's not true.  I did a
partial install and popped out the CD-ROM once and tried to go to the
setup screen and it did eventually lockup.  But I have never had any
other problems with N2 wrecking havoc.  Do you happen to have the FAT 32
version of Win95 installed?  You might want to seriously consider
re-installing N2, there may be a corrupted file in there somewhere which
is causing this.

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