From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:33:37 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To:	Kerry Lee High Jr <khigh01 AT umr DOT edu>
cc:	yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] How safe is diskopt?
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Kerry Lee High Jr wrote:

> > I use Norton Speedisk ( is that Spee disk, or is it supposed to be Speed
> > Disk, but because of 8.3 they made it shorter?).
> > And it's pretty save, I've never lost any data, though it crashed on me,
> > twice. 
> > Twice in a period of 4 years that is.
> I've used the defrag.exe that came with MS-DOS 6 without any problems. 
> (If I remember right, it's based on Norton Speedisk.) I've even turned 
> off the computer to see if it really recover after a power failure, and 
> it worked. 

You've turned off your computer WHILE a DEFRAGGER was
RUNNING?????  That is INSANE!!!!!!!  If the defragger was just
about to write (or in the process of writing) to your FAT, or any
other critical disk area, you can kiss your disk goodbye!


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