On 1/22/04 1:22 PM, gianfranco wrote: >My question to the list now is (perhaps I should have changed the >subject?): (Changed it for you/us)...
>I've read many bad accounts about Norton Utilities, is it really that bad? >I have used regularly the antivirus and defrag on my powerbook for over a >year now and occasionally the doctor and this is really the first time it >messes up (it was Utilities 6.0.3 for OS 9) and it messed up a freshely >set-up partition with no fancy installs on it (FileSaver started already >to report problems even before I could switch it off as I do usually right >after a fresh install). I'd like to hear some opinions and what are the >possible alternative for disc maintenance and repair? Part of the difference is that DiskWarrior repairs the directory entries and creates a new directory in a new location. Norton works (IIRC) directly on the directory (so if it crashes in mid-corrections, you're out of luck, for example). My problem with Norton was it would repeatedly find problems, and also Filesaver kept giving me conflicts with other extensions under MacOS 9.x. I believe others have reported on this list problems with having 'repaired' a drive, but DiskWarrior still finds problems. Others can chime in who have direct experience (rather than my secondhand) with Disk Doctor and other Norton Utilities programs. Jim Rohde -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
