Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!helmutn@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de From: helmutn@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Neumann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Need help with FastDiskII problem Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 13:04:01 GMT References: <1991Apr16.134655.1565@dayton.saic.com> Sender: news@rwthinf.UUCP Lines: 29 holgerl@amiux.UUCP (Holger Lubitz) writes: >However, there is a very good commercial package called THI-Tools, which >contains a great optimizer for FFS-Devices called SpeedDisk. Unfortunately >you have to buy the whole package to get it. (Though you also get a backup >program, a benchmark program, a file manager and some other goodies if >you do so) Hello, better TEST programs before you tell someone else to use ist. My expiriences with THI-Tools are quite BAD (after optimization --> format HD because structure was scrambled). Sometimes it even doesn't reach the end of optimization. The program i would use instead ist Quarterback-Tools. Why ? - It checks the complete Disk BEFORE optimization - It doesn't consume as much memory as BAD or THI-SPEED, with the both last mentioned you can not optimize a HD with 200 MB with only 4 MB Ram, QBTools CAN. - It contains a reliable checker for integrity of files - It really repairs HDs with the "volume not validated" error (you know what i mean) by just deleting the Error-Files and they are usable again without any Garbage on it (e.g. Diskdoctor undeletes ALL the files that have ever been on the HD ) - It IS RELIABLE. I have never reformat the HD or use my backup since i have this Tool. The big disadvantage : the price, but reliability counts i think. Bye, Helmut.