On 07/06/2011 02:45 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 6/7/2011 3:58, Invisible wrote:
>> Quite why Windows can't just write the final listing to the directory
>> block
>> and then write all the file data blocks sequentially is beyond me, but
>> anyway...
>
> Read up on how FAT works. It's not seeking back to write the directory
> listing. It's seeking back to read/write the FAT table.

OK. So it's called a file allocation table rather than a directory 
listing. Same difference.

> Didn't you just say that security updates can be done without breaking
> things? Yet here you are, amazed that a Win3 program runs under XP. ;-)

Why would a security update break a program that only reads and writes 
text files and accesses the serial port?

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