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From: koehn@vms.macc.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: re:Norton Utils of SUM II
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Date: 30 Nov 90 22:47:47 GMT
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Personally, I would choose Norton Utilities, except for a very bad experience I 
had with it recently.

It seems that Norton Utilities does not get along with the formatting software 
from MacLand (called "Smart Format"). I tried using NU on this drive, and it 
made the drive absolutely unrecoverable. I contacted MacLand, and they then told 
me of the incompatibility. Of course by this time, it was too late.

After reformatting the drive and talking w/the people at MacLand, I also found 
out that the people who wrote their driver software also write drivers for "many 
other companies."

I have tested NU on drives formatted w/Apple's Driver, Alliance Power Tools, 
and SilverLining. It appears to work beautifully on all of them. So, I have 
only mixed reviews.

Brad Koehn
UW Dept of Medical Illustration