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From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: [opendos]  How safe is diskopt?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 19:57:42 +0100
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> Does anyone know how safe the disk optimser is for OpenDOS?
> 
> I have heard that there are 'uncrashable' ones that keep your data intact
even
> if a power failure occurs.
> 
> Reason...
> 
> While I was still using DR-DOS, I optimised one of my disks and went to
do
> something else.  Imagine my dismay when I switched on the monitor and saw
> the message:
> 
> EMM386: write attempted to BDOS kernel
> 
> Amazingly none of my data was damaged although the optimiser had crashed
> part-way through.
> 
> I have no wish to repeat this experience, or if I have to, I would like
to know
> that may data will always survive..
> 
> So, how safe is the program?

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.

	Yeep