Message-Id:	<199702151320.HAA23256@rocket.cc.umr.edu>
Subject:	Re: [opendos] How safe is diskopt?
To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 1997 07:20:22 -0600 (CST)
From:	"Kerry Lee High Jr" <khigh01 AT umr DOT edu>
Cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.970215003224.900L-100000@capslock.com> from "mharris@blackwidow.saultc.on.ca" at Feb 15, 97 00:33:37 am
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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!
> 
I was going to format the disk anyway and wanted to see if the recovery 
that it advertised really worked.

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