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One last statement perhaps, I've never seen a *NIX system crashed so hard, that root had no chance but reinstall, but I do have seen this happen to Windows system.

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Agreed, we probably do need to carry on a different topic, probably on a Win centric site. 😉 However, I have seen this happen... I've seen a Solaris box crash like this, and I've seen a Linux box as well. It's always very, very messy.

K. Brian Kelley

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