hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert J. Hammen) (03/26/88)
In article <369@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) types: >In article <3979@cup.portal.com> M_David_Green@cup.portal.com writes: >>I seem to recall that a few months back there was a discussion going on h >>about the JCLOCK init and the way that it seems to destroy hard drives. Well, >>these things never come to mind until after the fact, eh? Let's try to put this rumor to rest, again. I have used JClock on many different machines, still do (except on the Mac II or under MultiFinder, and only for cosmetic reasons) and I have NEVER had a problem. I seriously doubt JClock is the culprit here. >well worth it. As a side note, if anything terrible does happen to >your hard disk (i.e., more than just needing to rebuild the desktop), >DON'T (I repeat, DON'T), let any so-called "disk saver" utilities >"fix" the disk. This includes Disk First Aid (which usually only >works on mountable disks anyway) I disagree with this as well. Disk First Aid is a limited recover program. It usually attempts to check all of the HFS data structures on a disk (which must be mountable). I find that often it is able to "repair" my disk when there is nothing visibly wrong - because the amount of free space is usually wrong. It is a good idea to run this utility every once in a while (I do it weekly) just for that reason. I have never seen Disk First Aid make a disk any worse than it was. But it's not always useful for damaged disks, and that is where MacZap is useful. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen Computer Applications hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu / / Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen CI$: 70701,2104 / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
rusty@hodge.UUCP (Rusty Hodge) (03/30/88)
I have seen a few inits and patches for clocks/screensavers that do not work with all SCSI drivers. The actual blame is mostly on the SCSI driver designer I am sure. The one in particular I notice a lot happens with CMD 80mb drives. (And only 80mb drives!) The Screen saver program that replaces Macsbug causes some conflict with drivers at boot time. -- Rusty Hodge, HCR Inc, 1588 N. Batavia St. Orange, CA 92667 (714) 974-6300 rusty@hodge.cts.com [ccicpg!arnold crash]!hodge!rusty FAX (714) 921-8038 uucp: (714) 921-1090 (login: nuucp) Dial-A-Joke (714) 966-0976