ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) (01/16/90)
Does anyone know why this might be happening:
The system simply freezes. There is no fore-warning, there are no
lines showing up across the screen, no bomb box, etc. Everything, including
the mouse freezes.
I know that it has something to do with Disk Express II in the
auto-optimize mode. DE II runs fine without auto-optimize, but when I turn
auto-optimize on, the system will freeze at some point during my time
on the Mac.
I'm running a SE with System 6.0.4, a load of INITs (that were turned
off and DE II still did this). Why??
--Piper Keairnesphil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (01/17/90)
In article <3848@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes... }Does anyone know why this might be happening: } } The system simply freezes. There is no fore-warning, there are no }lines showing up across the screen, no bomb box, etc. Everything, including }the mouse freezes. } } I know that it has something to do with Disk Express II in the }auto-optimize mode. DE II runs fine without auto-optimize, but when I turn }auto-optimize on, the system will freeze at some point during my time }on the Mac. } } I'm running a SE with System 6.0.4, a load of INITs (that were turned }off and DE II still did this). Why?? I have been seeing LOTS of PROBLEMS with DiskExpress II!!!! I always thought Alsoft was a good company....I have not been able to get thru to their support line anytime. It is always busy.... They sent me V2.03 for free. It freezes my Mac 2ci DURING BOOT even if you tell it not to load!! V2.00 did not freexe my Mac. At work, V2.03 started running on my std Mac II. I told it to optimize and 17% into the optimization, it aborted with an Error 2013 (Whatever that is). At this point, I would strongly recommend staying away from DiskExpress II!!! ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli) (01/17/90)
In article <7505@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >I have been seeing LOTS of PROBLEMS with DiskExpress II!!!! I always thought >Alsoft was a good company....I have not been able to get thru to their support >line anytime. It is always busy.... > >They sent me V2.03 for free. It freezes my Mac 2ci DURING BOOT even if you >tell it not to load!! V2.00 did not freexe my Mac. At work, V2.03 started >running on my std Mac II. I told it to optimize and 17% into the optimization, >it aborted with an Error 2013 (Whatever that is). Well, as far as the support number goes, I had quite a time getting through myself. All I can say is keep trying... you will eventually get through. I'm using an SE with 6.0.4 and the only problem that I had with 2.00 was that it would sometimes crash the system when optimizing in the background under MultiFinder. Version 2.0.3 solves this and (supposedly) other problems. Needless to say, I've had nothing but good experiences with it. Quite honestly, it seems that the IIci (ever since its introduction) has been the most touchy machine of the entire family. Taking this into account, it's not really all that surprising that it may not work on a ci. One thing that you can be certain of is that when you do finally get through to the tech support line, they'll want to know about that error number. If there still is a problem in the software that will give them a clue as to what needs to be fixed. One thing you might try that may not have occured to you is to rename DiskExpress so that it is the first INIT to load. You didn't provide details of which other INITs you have running, but it is conceivable that something which loads before DiskExpress (in your current setup) is causing problems. Bill Taroli WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu
arvidson@euclid.MATH.ColoState.Edu (John Arvidson) (01/18/90)
Does anyone out in netland know if Disk Express II compresses the desktop file like the old Disk Express did? This was handy. John Arvidson arvidson@euclid.math.colostate.edu
francis@pawl.rpi.edu (Frank J. Schima) (01/18/90)
In article <3778@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> arvidson@euclid.MATH.ColoState.Edu (John Arvidson) writes: >Does anyone out in netland know if Disk Express II compresses the desktop >file like the old Disk Express did? This was handy. Yes it does compress the desktop file. >John Arvidson >arvidson@euclid.math.colostate.edu -- francis@pawl.rpi.edu - Francis Schima
J.Pearce@ucl-cs.UUCP (05/29/90)
From: J.Pearce@uk.ac.ucl.cs I would very much appreciate any feedback on DiskExpressII (the hard disk defragmentor). Particularly whether it just defragments files, or if it also defragments free space as well. John R. Pearce. jpearce@uk.ac.ucl.cs Computer Science Department, University College London.