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From: spworley@athena.mit.edu (Spaceman Spiff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Is B.A.D any G.O.O.D?
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.040752.21710@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 91 04:07:52 GMT
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I have used B.A.D. on and off, and I have never had any trashings or errors
because of it. 

It really does work well on floppies, though I don't use it as much as I
probably should.

I havn't had any trouble running it on my hard drives, but I never saw a 
visible increase in speed. This was true for my fast 50M Quantum and for
my cheesy 20M Seagate. I didn't time anything, but I certainly never saw
a difference.

My opinion is that B.A.D. is most useful for those who deal with floppies-
it makes a pretty big impact with them, and if you don't have a hard drive, 
you can save a second or two EVERY time you open a drawer. [It adds up].
If you have a hard drive, it's not really worth it.

Again, I've never had any errors, but its not that exciting for hard disks.


-Steve

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Steve Worley                                           spworley@athena.mit.edu
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