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From: rasnow@bek-mc.caltech.edu (Brian Rasnow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fastback --- GARBAGE ALERT
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Date: 14 Jan 88 23:36:24 GMT
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Reply-To: rasnow@bek-mc.caltech.edu (Brian Rasnow)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Keywords: Fastback, garbage, bugs

I just bought Fastback 1.0 at the local store hoping to save time
backing up 40+Mb.  The program is intuitive and fast, in part 
because it takes uninitialized disks - but beware!  At disk 33, it
reported a write verify failure, and handles this error by 
forgetting where or what it was doing - ie. start over.  
(FLAME ON)
The company clearly decided to market this product knowing 
it was incomplete and would waste lots of time of the unsuspecting
users. Numerous phone calls to tech support only got me busy signals.
When I called the sales line instead, the sales manager felt this 
was not a significant problem with the program, though it has been
"corrected" in a 1.02.  Beware - their "insignificant" problem can cost 
users lots of wasted time.  Because of their attitude that wasting 
end users time is insignificant, I urge a boycot of this product 
and others marketed by Fifth Generation Systems.
(FLAME OFF)

Does anyone have a good suggestion for a hard disk program?
Thanks in advance.

Brian Rasnow
rasnow@bek-mc.caltech.edu