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From: jwwalden@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Darc Tangent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Is B.A.D any G.O.O.D?
Message-ID: <4287.27e13ab5@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 91 02:20:53 GMT
References: <3592@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
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In article <3592@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, lou@flipper.Corp.Sun.COM (Lou Ordorica - SunU Field T & D) writes:
> Has anyone had any experiences with the B.A.D disk optimizer? 
> 
> I'm considering optimizing my Supra hard drive with it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lou

I have seen B.A.D. have problems previously, finding bad blocks on a friend's
hard drive where there were none (DiskErr and QB Tools reported no bad blocks).
The hard drive was an ST-506 43M Rodime drive with an A2090a controller on an
A2500/20.

The only other problem I know of is the enormous amount of RAM, B.A.D. requires
to operate (it seems to need about 1 MB of RAM per 20 MB of disk space).

Personally, I use QB Tools which does the job for me very well, costing a bit
more than B.A.D. but providing much more in the package (it's the best and most
complete disk repair package I've seen for the Amiga).

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