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From: ralph@cm.cf.ac.uk (Ralph Martin)
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Subject: Re: NUM vs MacTools
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Date: 24 Apr 91 09:06:06 GMT
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Well, I can't say anything about MacTools, but I've certainly had problems 
with NUM - for example, a disk which NUM says is OK, and which Disk First Aid
reports it is unable to verify the status of.

Also, SUM has a nice feature NUM doesn't - if a disk goes bad, NUM will only
offer to recover files as individual files. SUM will try to recover all of the 
files in a given directory, which can be VERY useful if you know you have only
modified one directory since backup etc.

Ralph