Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsl!cbnewsk!linwood From: linwood@cbnewsk.att.com (linwood.d.johnson) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Nortons 5.0 Summary: You are right, no DS is included with Norton 5.0 Message-ID: <1991Feb15.004205.14335@cbnewsk.att.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 00:42:05 GMT References: <12385.27b6f0b4@ecs.umass.edu> <8032@umd5.umd.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 43 In article <8032@umd5.umd.edu>, jay@umd5.umd.edu (Jay Elvove) writes: > > Speaking of Norton 5.0, I've just received my upgrade and notice that > (among other things), there doesn't seem to be any more DS command. > I can find no reference to directory sorting in the manual. Can someone > confirm that this feature is no longer included with the Norton Utilities? You are absolutely right. DS is not included with Norton 5.0. They claim it was replaced by SD (Speed Disk). Although SD does sort the directories after performing optimization, it is certainly no replacement for the standalone SD. In the installation program there is an option to backup the 4.5 version programs into a separate directory. This option will leave DS where it is. There is also a new version of FF that I don't lik as much as the old FF. It incorporates the functionality from the old FF and TS (text search). It makes you use either a very long command-line of the menu interface. Personally, I saved the old FF and renamed the new FF as FL. I use the v4.5 FF 90% of the time and I use the v5 FF only when it can really help me. The new FF does a whole lot more, but, I like the old FF better. Just my $0.02 worth. Linwood D. Johnson linwood@ihlpf.att.com -- | Linwood D. Johnson | linwood@ihlpf.att.com | | AT&T Bell Labs, 1000 E. Warrenville Rd., Naperville, IL 60566 | | Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are mine and mine only. | | Besides, who else would want them? |