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 cc: yeep , opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] How safe is diskopt? In-Reply-To: <199702150139.TAA09405@saucer.cc.umr.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk 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! Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca The Art Bell homepage: http://www.artbell.com