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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: De-fragmentizer non-disaster
Message-ID: <251464C0.5056@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 18 Sep 89 03:45:03 GMT
References: <[250ac239:1551]comp.sys.ibm.pc@vpnet.UUCP> <1989Sep13.143331.6397@jose.uucp> <2510684C.17044@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <9603@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <9603@chinet.chi.il.us> mpcook@chinet.chi.il.us (Michael P. Cook) writes:
$I recently purchased PC Tools version 5.5 (excellent write ups abound) and 
$used its Compress program on a hard drive.  Fortunately I followed their
$instructions to the letter - 1. FULLY BACK UP YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE RUNNING.
 
$It ran into a problem and lost part of a binary file in the process. Of 
$course, "part" is as good as none!  In addition, the FAT got screwed up.  
$I am going back to Norton Utilities.  Norton Disk Doctor fixed my FAT and my
$backup "fixed" the lost file.  Yes, I have heard of problems with Norton as 
$well but my plain vanilla IBM PC has never encountered them.

   That's odd ... I've been using their Compress R4.24 (and 3.24 before that)
on my machine for ages now, typically 2-3 times per week, and it's never
done anything wrong, and I used version 5.5 this summer at work with similar
results.

   Can you describe the "problem" at all?  I'd be interested in hearing
what happened.

   As for NDD, it has to be one of the most useful programs around, especially
for people who (as I was this past summer) are in a support-type role, with
non-technical users coming up and saying "My disk won't work!  Steve, you
_gotta_ help me!!!" (it's especially handy when the user is female ... ;-)

DISCLAIMER:  I have nothing to do with Central Point Software other than the
    fact that I like their products.

-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                         cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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