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From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: I just thrashed my Hard Disk!
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Date: 16 Jun 88 13:05:04 GMT
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In article <76000227@uiucdcsp> gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Don't blame the bad alert box for causing the novice to reinitialize
>their disk!
>
>..........................FLAME ON!!!!!.............................
>It's scandalous that Apple provides AN EXTREMELY POOR SCAVENGER (disk
>first aid) with their machine.  This is a sign of professionalism, and
>Apple *isn't* *professional*.  Apple looks like a bunch of hackers to me!
>
> [excessive flaming deleted]
>
>.........................FLAME OFF!!!!!!.............................
>
>Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
>            {gillies@cs.uiuc.edu}

Apple's disk first aid serves it's purpose.  When you have a damaged
disk, you try it.  When it works, it works.  When it doesn't, you're
no worse off then when you started.  It won't corrupt your disk
any more than it already is.  Try saying that about MacZap.  You
can't.

Sure, it would be nice if there was an end-all and cure-all for
damaged disks, but there isn't.  People will always go spilling
coffee on their disks, then go putting them in drives, and doing
generally stupid things.

Ken

Ken Hancock                        |    UUCP: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
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