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" Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net In-Reply-To: from "mharris@blackwidow.saultc.on.ca" at Feb 15, 97 00:33:37 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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! > I was going to format the disk anyway and wanted to see if the recovery that it advertised really worked.