ron@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Ronald J. Rangel) (09/21/90)
Help! I would like to find out about a harddisk defragmenter for the st - either PD or $$. Thanks Ronald Rangel
nelson@cygnus.Kodak.COM (Bruce D. Nelson) (09/22/90)
Hard Drive Turbo Kit from Michtron is an execellent de-fragger. It also has a tar-like backup system and disk cache. -- Bruce Nelson | Phone: (716) 726-7890 Rochester Distributed Computer Services | Internet: nelson@cygnus.kodak.COM Eastman Kodak Company | Rochester, NY 14653-5219 | Standard disclaimers apply
buggs@cup.portal.com (William Edward JuneJr) (09/23/90)
I like the Beckemeyer HD defragger, many options. Sorry, brain dead right now, as I'm usin' the '386, the mega STuff is in the other room............ Ed June
techno@zelator.UUCP (Frank Dahncke) (09/25/90)
ron@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Ronald J. Rangel) writes: >Help! >I would like to find out about a harddisk defragmenter for the st - >either PD or $$. Try MichTron's TuneUp! It's fast, efficient and reliable AND in can correct software faults on your HD. I am in no way related to MichTron, I just like their product. >Thanks A pleasure. Techno -- | techno@zelator.UUCP ||| Please do not e-mail from outside Germany ! | | techno@lime.UUCP / | \ Hardcore ST user ! ====================== | | Nothing that's real is ever for free, you just have to pay for it some- | | time. (Al Stewart) |
pegram@uvm-gen.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) (09/26/90)
From article <1370@eastman.UUCP>, by nelson@cygnus.Kodak.COM (Bruce D. Nelson): > Hard Drive Turbo Kit from Michtron is an execellent de-fragger. It also > has a tar-like backup system and disk cache. > -- > Bruce Nelson | Phone: (716) 726-7890 > Rochester Distributed Computer Services | Internet: nelson@cygnus.kodak.COM > Eastman Kodak Company | > Rochester, NY 14653-5219 | Standard disclaimers apply Yes, but...... it has several nasty bugs 8-(. If you back up with it, *DO NOT HAVE AN ALTERNATE FILE SELECTOR IN USE*, or your backup is as good as empty disks. Bug # 2 (personal experience this one, the other was from a review) *DO NOT USE THE "write history to disk" (or something like that) AFTER YOU HAVE DEFRAGGED YOUR PARTITION*. You'll trash the partition. You should *only* defrag another partition or reboot after defragging a partition. Bug #3, it does not support large partitions, including the TOS 1.4 supported 32Meg partitions (same 1K clusters as always 8-). This is for my version dating from summer '89. I called to ask when these and other bugs would be fixed, and haven't heard anything since. Sigh, it's *so close* to being great. I still like it, and use it on my smaller partitions, but be aware of the bugs. Bob Pegram Internet domain: pegram@griffin.uvm.edu UUCP: uunet!uvm-gen!pegram
ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) (09/27/90)
In article <725@zelator.UUCP> techno@zelator.UUCP (Frank Dahncke) writes: >I would like to find out about a harddisk defragmenter for the st - >either PD or $$. Try MichTron's TuneUp! It's fast, efficient and reliable AND in can correct software faults on your HD. I am in no way related to MichTron, I just like their product. Does TuneUp! work with 32MB partitions? Greetings, RIPLEY -- Greetings from RIPLEY | UUCP: ripley@tubopal.UUCP (ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de) Hans-Christian Eckert | ...!unido!tub!opal!ripley (Europe) D-1000 Berlin 30 | ...!pyramid!tub!opal!ripley (World) Regensburger Str. 2 | BITNET: ripley%tubopal@DB0TUI11.BITNET (saves $$$)
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (09/28/90)
HARD DISK SENTRY is the Beckemeyer Development commercial
hard disk analysis, repair, and optimzer (de-fragger).
It is reliable and it works with large (e.g HDX 3.x)
partitions. The retail price is $49.95.
HD SENTRY also includes a low-level disk sector test program
which will check disks for sector errors and optionally
mark them bad in the FATs.
From:
Beckemeyer Development
PO Box 21575
Oakland, CA 94620
(415) 530-9637
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In article <RIPLEY.90Sep27182250@troll.cs.tu-berlin.de> ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) writes: > >Does TuneUp! work with 32MB partitions? > >Greetings, > RIPLEY I don't know for sure, but I do know that our program HARD DISK SENTRY does work with 32MB HDX 3.x partitions. -- David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.uucp) | "Don't call me Stupid!" Beckemeyer Development Tools | "No. That would be an insult P.O. Box 21575, Oakland, CA 94620 | to all the stupid people!" UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax}!unisoft!bdt!david | - A fish called Wanda
bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) (10/04/90)
In article <RIPLEY.90Sep27182250@troll.cs.tu-berlin.de> ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) writes: >In article <725@zelator.UUCP> techno@zelator.UUCP (Frank Dahncke) writes: > >I would like to find out about a harddisk defragmenter for the st - > >either PD or $$. Simon Poole's DLII includes a defragmenter; I haven't used it so I can't speak to its effectiveness. As a whole the utility is very complete, however, and I believe freeware. Of course, you can also copy all the files to an unused partition, delete all files, then copy them back (if you've got the room on your drive). Probably a safer and certainly a faster way to go... -- ################################################################################ # Bill Sheppard -- bills@microware.com -- {uunet,sun}!mcrware!mwca!bill # # Microware Systems Corporation --- OS-9: Seven generations beyond __/_!! # #######Opinions expressed are my own, though you'd be wise to adopt them!#######
klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (10/04/90)
In article <1710@mwca.UUCP>, bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes: |> Simon Poole's DLII includes a defragmenter; I haven't used it so I can't |> speak to its effectiveness. As a whole the utility is very complete, |> however, and I believe freeware. I used this tool until it crippled a partition. Now I don't use it anymore for obvious reasons :-(. -- Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Univ. Dortmund, IRB klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet Postfach 500500 |)|/ Tel.: +49 231 755-4663 D-4600 Dortmund 50 |\|\ Fax : +49 231 755-2386
poole@chx400.switch.ch (Simon Poole) (10/05/90)
In article <1990Oct4.094055@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) writes: ... > >I used this tool until it crippled a partition. Now I don't use it anymore >for obvious reasons :-(. And it's not my fault if people can't read, for obvious reasons :-(. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Poole poole@verw.switch.ch / poole@chx400.switch.ch / mcsun!chx400!poole ------------------------------------------------------------------------
klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (10/05/90)
In article <1990Oct4.174845.25042@chx400.switch.ch>, poole@chx400.switch.ch (Simon Poole) writes: |> In article <1990Oct4.094055@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) writes: |> ... |> > |> >I used this tool until it crippled a partition. Now I don't use it anymore |> >for obvious reasons :-(. |> |> And it's not my fault if people can't read, for obvious reasons :-(. Of course I did make a backup before - if it is that what you want to point out. -- Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Univ. Dortmund, IRB klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet Postfach 500500 |)|/ Tel.: +49 231 755-4663 D-4600 Dortmund 50 |\|\ Fax : +49 231 755-2386
ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) (10/06/90)
In article <1710@mwca.UUCP> bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:
Simon Poole's DLII includes a defragmenter; I haven't used it so I can't
speak to its effectiveness. As a whole the utility is very complete,
however, and I believe freeware.
DLII has a nice feature: It can't handle directories with more than
96 entries. It would be nice to be able to save the analysis of a
partition into a file to save paper.
The reorg-utility doesn't like empty files.
Greetings,
RIPLEY
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