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From: cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: NUM Speed Disk Trashes Disk
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Date: 7 Aug 90 18:21:32 GMT
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Reply-To: cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster)
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Point well taken on marketing hype.

The safest way to run Speed Disk (after backing up, of course!) is to 
run Norton Disk Doctor first, letting it fix any errors encountered, 
and then run Speed Disk in its default Easy mode, which not only scans 
the entire disk for media defects, but also checks for things like 
cross-linked files that can prevent any disk optimizer from working.  

I sympathize with the problem you had, as I beta-tested the
utilities (Disclaimer Alert); however, I must applaud Peter Norton 
for resisting the temptation to ship NUM at the *last* MacWorld,
and instead working very hard to clean up exactly these problems.
It didn't ship until we couldn't crash it any more.

--Cy--    cy@dbase.a-t.com    My opinions only.