Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!maui.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Asking advice on Nortons 5.0 Message-ID: <1991Mar18.201351.21366@qualcomm.com> Date: 18 Mar 91 20:13:51 GMT References: <1991Mar1.025906.21936@novell.com> <949@keele.keele.ac.uk> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 24 In article <949@keele.keele.ac.uk> csw72@seq1.keele.ac.uk (D.J. Hulewicz) writes: >Simple functions like VL (volume label) are now hidden away within other >programs and are hard to find. The disk editor is very complicated and far too >flashy. However, on the plus side, I do find Disk Doctor II very useful and >DiskFix seems to out-perform the other utilities on success rates. >I'm sure you would agree that UnErase is much easier to use in it's new menu >form, and many new commands have been added to make the Batch-Enhancer more >powerful. I generally agree. However, there were some cases where I found the Norton 5 programs preferable. SpeedDisk, for example. And in certain cases I can really use the added functionality of the Norton 5.0 filefinder. So I kept them both... FF for Norton 4.5 and FIND for the Norton 5. The diskfix is better, as well. Basicially, I found that: If it was a menued program in 4.5, the 5.0 version is better; and if it was a command line program in 4.5, they made it menued in 5.0, and it's a pain in the ass. >I have noticed a small bug in FileFind. When you go to the change attributes >menu and move over to the right hand side of the menu, multiple mouse pointers >appear. > >Is it just my copy that does this, or is it a bug in Norton 5.0 ? Well, Norton 5.02 is out, so they found some bugs...