The Computer Chronicles - Hard Disk Management (1989)

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[@yogeshnimkar3784]

Stewart and Gary! What an amazing combination! Love and respect!

[@tjeerdnet]

I just Google'd for "Golden Bow Systems" (the disk defragmentation utility shown at around

[@apemoon1731]

When I see PC'S of this period, it reminds my why I loved my Amiga so much.

[@the_kombinator]

Goddamn every time I boot up a 286 or a really early 386 now I recall how much patience you needed.

[@ChadQuick270W]

I miss DOS so much. It did what you told it to, no questions asked and when you were done you just turned the computer off. Windows XP was good, I’ll admit, but I haven’t like anything that followed. I remember “disk Doctor” as I used it to cheat on games since I could change the hexadecimal values, lol. DOS was nothing compared to how Windows flings files all over God’s creation on the hard drive. I’ve since switched to a Mac as it works well with my iPad and iPhone. These shows bring back a lot of memories as I used to watch them every weekend on my PBS station.

[@KurisuYamato]

23:56

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

1989 is when I graduated high school. My goodness it’s been a long time.

[@PaulMurphyMusic]

16:05

[@kevinmahoney1995]

I adore that monitor. Looks like a toaster oven.

[@wallacelang1374]

This episode was done way before Symantec and Peter Norton merged their Anti-Virus software packages, for I am used to seeing Norton Anti-Virus software published by Symantec. My first Windows PC had Norton Anti-Virus software installed on it.

[@krokeman]

Norton dude had awesome presentation

[@Sgt_Glory]

23:55 - My Bastard Boot Record vanished once too.

[@Losttouchjs]

That must’ve been tough for Gary to talk about MS DOS

[@bloqk16]

I recall those days when backups required the use of 5 1/4 inch floppy diskettes, double-sided; double-density, that could hold 1.2 MB of files. Backing up 10 MB of files was time consuming.

[@FernandoDeLeon]

brings memory...back in 1989 I used Xtree Gold :D good times

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

3:30

[@soonerborn9073]

$1800 for a tape drive. My god. I have 2 40TB+ arrays at home for about the same. It really is amazing how far we have come and how quickly we got here.

[@lancelotxavier9084]

I remember the nightmare of storage problems back in the 90s.

[@ArumesYT]

9:30

[@askhowiknow5527]

“You can’t tell that there is much going on inside”