As someone who frequently overclocks all my systems, I usually get my share of "lockups" in both Windows and Linux. From personal experience, a hard reboot will cause about the same amount of problems in either OS. Both have utilities to try and fix corrupt filesystems (scandisk, fsck) but you still risk losing data. Now that linux journaled filesystems are stable, this isn't that big of an issue anymore. BTW, NTFS is kind of like a journaled filesystem. VFAT is not. On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Terry Houle wrote: > Probably a dump question but I got some Linux decals that say > "Warning:Turning off the power or pressing reset switch could lose contents > of hard drive. If you must restart this system, please get help or use > Ctrl-Alt-Del". My question is if Linux is more of a problem than Windows if > shutdown improperly? Sometimes in Windows even the Ctrl-Alt-Del won't work > and I have to reset. I know it is not good but the only option in Windows > when it hangs up. > I know I will get the Linux is not Windows, but wondering if there is > difference? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list