diff --git a/source/ngc/fileop.cpp b/source/ngc/fileop.cpp
index 4f790be..e026a11 100644
--- a/source/ngc/fileop.cpp
+++ b/source/ngc/fileop.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ LoadFATFile (char * rbuffer, int length)
 	handle = fopen (filepath, "rb");
 	if (handle > 0)
 	{
-		if(length > 0)
+		if(length > 0) // do a partial read (eg: to check file header)
 		{
 			fread (rbuffer, 1, length, handle);
 			size = length;
diff --git a/source/ngc/filesel.cpp b/source/ngc/filesel.cpp
index badfc88..982a994 100644
--- a/source/ngc/filesel.cpp
+++ b/source/ngc/filesel.cpp
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ OpenFAT (int method)
 {
 	if(ChangeFATInterface(method, NOTSILENT))
 	{
-		// change current dir to snes roms directory
+		// change current dir to vba roms directory
 		sprintf ( currentdir, "%s/%s", ROOTFATDIR, GCSettings.LoadFolder );
 
 		// Parse initial root directory and get entries list
diff --git a/source/ngc/preferences.cpp b/source/ngc/preferences.cpp
index e636360..39b78a6 100644
--- a/source/ngc/preferences.cpp
+++ b/source/ngc/preferences.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ decodePrefsData (int method)
 bool
 SavePrefs (int method, bool silent)
 {
-	if(method == METHOD_AUTO)
+	// there's no point in saving SMB settings TO SMB, because then we'll have no way to load them the next time!
+	// so instead we'll save using whatever other method is available (eg: SD)
+	if(method == METHOD_AUTO || method == METHOD_SMB)
 		method = autoSaveMethod();
 
 	char filepath[1024];