Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!sunybcs!ugfailau From: ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING! FASTBACK may corrupt your hard disk! Message-ID: <7024@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 12:36:39 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.7024 Posted: Sat Dec 5 12:36:39 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 06:30:34 EST References: <703@vaxine.UUCP> <3225@bnrmtv.UUCP> Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP Reply-To: ugfailau@joey.UUCP (Fai Lau) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 24 Keywords: hard disk, lost files, trojan horse In article <3225@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes: > >You're quite right; CRIMINAL negligence is indicated. Therefore, >your remedy lies in the courts. Fifth Generation is in violation >of the "implied warranty of merchantibility" specified in their >advertisements; i.e., their program didn't do what they claim it >will do, but instead caused damage. Unless their advertisements >or documentation state that Fastback is only intended for certain >hardware configurations, you can sue them for damages and reliably >expect to win. > 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 this is another case of software doesn't do what is claimed. I'm currently using Mace. It takes about 2 hours to run through my 30meg disk, so it's slow. But the resulted performance is impressive. A 260k file takes less than 3 seconds to load. Fai Lau SUNY at Buffalo (The Arctic Wonderland) UUCP: ..{mit-ems|watmath|rocksanne}!sunybcs!ugfailau BI: ugfailau@sunybcs