Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!masscomp!alang From: alang@masscomp.UUCP (Alan Groupe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING! FASTBACK may corrupt your hard disk! Message-ID: <2668@masscomp.UUCP> Date: 16 Dec 87 17:08:08 GMT References: <703@vaxine.UUCP> <3225@bnrmtv.UUCP> <7024@sunybcs.UUCP> <2352@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Reply-To: alang@masscomp.UUCP (Alan Groupe) Organization: MASSCOMP - Westford, Ma Lines: 10 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 don't understand why anyone would want to spend over two hours running a disk organizer (which has the potential for trashing a disk) when in under an hour you can get the same results by backing up and restoring the disk and get a backup copy "for free." Alan Groupe