Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bgsuvax!rlancast From: rlancast@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ron Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Need advice about DiskFit Summary: DiskFit Evaluation Message-ID: <7544@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: 9 Jun 91 20:35:31 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 21 In article , jesse@cs.UAlberta.CA (Jesse Lee) writes: > I heard that DiskFit is another backup program which does similiar > thing like SUM II BackUp. How intelligent is this program? If the > size of my hard disk is more or less constant, will the number > of disks of the backup set be more or less constant? I have been fairly impressed by DiskFit. It is very good about reusing available space on a floppy. Another advantage: it works just fine under System 7.0. In spite of the fact that I have been a satisfied user since this package came out, it did something last week that even surprised me! I use the option which has the program verify writes (to ensure there are no bad spots on the backup disk). It found a problem on a disk I had been using and asked for a new disk. The bad disk was 800K but I inserted a high density disk to replace it. Even though the backup was more than halfway finished, it filled the high density disk instead of asking for a new disk to be added to the set (as it would have done otherwise). (It tells you when the backup is started whether it will need additional disks and, if so, how many. After getting a larger backup disk, it changed its mind about needing an additional disk.)