Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpe!dpbaudra From: dpbaudra@ihlpe.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING! FASTBACK may corrupt your hard disk! Message-ID: <2352@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 10:44:37 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpe.2352 Posted: Mon Dec 7 10:44:37 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 16:57:18 EST References: <703@vaxine.UUCP> <3225@bnrmtv.UUCP> <7024@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: dpbaudra@ihlpe.UUCP (452is-Braune,D.P.) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 15 Keywords: hard disk, lost files, trojan horse > The October issue of Computer Shopper advices against >using the Norton Speed Disk haed disk unframenting utility. >It caused missing files and file damages in their test. So I wish I would have read this yesterday before using Norton SD on my 20MB disk. Fortunately I took "Norton's" advice and backed up my disk before running SD. About 30 files in one directory disappeared; strangely enough some were gone right after running SD and even more were gone after rebooting. "USE Norton's SD with extreme caution!!" -- Dave Braune, AT&T - Data Systems Group, IW 2Z330, 1-312-979-7829 uucp: ihnp4!ihlpe!dpbaudra 8-367-7829