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From: sigma@obee.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: DISK MANAGER
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Date: 3 Apr 91 20:59:46 GMT
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vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt) writes:
>In article <5351@mindlink.UUCP> Raman_Anand@mindlink.UUCP (Raman Anand) writes:
>>Is DISK MANAGER public domain? If so, where can I get it from?
>
>No, it is a comercial product.  I got mine from the place
>where I ordered my computer.  Versions of the program are
>often tweaked for the drives of a company so that people
>can use the program to automatically format their drives.
>That's what they tried on mine, and I didn't like it!  The
>manual mode works great too, except you need to know most
>of the stats on your drive.

However, many drives come with an appropriate version of Disk Manager.  I'm
not sure if the commercially-sold version can handle every type of drive or
what, but nothing really justifies its (high?) expense when you might be
able to call up the place you ordered your drive from and nag them about
getting a copy.

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@ipl.rpi.edu