Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!cbnewsh!nrf From: nrf@cbnewsh.att.com (neal.r.fildes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: NORTON or SUMII, which to buy?? Message-ID: <1990Dec7.054446.19772@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 7 Dec 90 05:44:46 GMT References: <3056@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 From article <3056@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>, by nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell): > In article <2427.275b9034@waikato.ac.nz>, phil@waikato.ac.nz writes: >> There are different ulilities offered by each product, so it depends upon what >> you want. SUM II has Encryption, Backup, Quick Copy, and Hard Disk Partition >> (of debatable value -- I use it successfully). > one interesting fact as far as disk recovery is concerned: SUMII is the only package I have found that can work on a crashed FS on my Mirror Megafloppy when the FS is damaged in sucha way as to not be mountable. SUMII uses a memorized configuration to work on such a disk. with 911 utilities, the eject or format" dialog keeps coming up every time I insert a ad disk NRF