Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.hou.tx.us (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Is B.A.D any G.O.O.D? Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 13:42:50 GMT References: <3592@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: Starbound Software Group Lines: 37 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 can't say anything about B.A.D. (altho I have heard tales of it hosing up disks). I can, however, recomend QuarterBack Tools. Not only does it re-org disks, but it will repair bad ones also! It has "saved my life" several times now. One thing I found real interesting.....When amigados writes to a empty drive, the files can still get fragmented! I assumed that they would be in one piece. However, I ran QBT against a newly restored pack. While there was only one "extent" used, many of the files were fragmented. QBT "un fragments" the files when it re-organizes the drive. One word of warning.....BACK UP THE DRIVE BEFORE REORGANIZING THE DRIVE. Should QBT have a problem, or your kid turns your computer off, or some such disaster, the drive WILL be hosed! Dave Lowrey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft.hou.tx.us Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovic