on 6/26/00, Simon Kornblith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> TechTool is the world's slowest but safest optimizer. I restarted my G4 when
>> optimizing and lost nothing, because TechTool writes stuff to the hard drive
>> and keeps nothing in RAM when optimizing, whereas Norton will keep pieces in
>> RAM.
TTP's big drawback is if one does not have enough free HD space, and free
contiguous space to start with, TTP chokes on the optimize and aborts (very
aggravating to find out hours later). Presumably the need to optimize is
(mainly) driven by the need to recover free contiguous space. Norton
overcomes this problem with its (far faster) method, which should also be
impervious to a power failure. I have both NDD/TTP and am still waiting for
Alsoft to update my useless Disk Express Pro, which most curiously, is
incompatible with HFS+, even though they have the best HFS+ formatter.
Also, on 6/26/00, John Tree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:
> Thanks for that tip I hadnt used it before. norton does seem to be getting a
> bit fancy. It found a bunch of file errors on a clean install of OS9 as
> well, which doesnt endow confidence.
NDD v.5.0.3 is the latest. If you are not using the latest Apple drivers on
a properly formatted HD, and the proper version of the application "X" all
kinds of errors can and will occur, not necessarily the fault of the app
itself. Even original OS CDs have been known to be corrupted so "clean
install" can be a misnomer.
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Sidney Ho
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