Obi-Wan wrote: > On 1/21/03 6:06 AM, "Mary-Jo Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the > Cybertrough: > > >>Rebuilding the desktop is mainly for keeping your icons connected...so >>if you start getting a bunch of blank icons then you can rebuild and >>make them colorful again. Norton utilities is a good purchase to run >>every month or so. Speed disk and run the Disk Utility. > > > NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > As an Apple Service Tech I see and work on hundreds of machines a month. Do > not EVER use Norton. Not Speed disk, Not Disk Doctor. Nothing. Norton > causes problems and then fixes them. I have said it a hundred times... > Norton is a horrible program. It is written with a cute GUI interface to > make the user (usually a novice) think that it is actually doing something > useful. Most times when you use Norton and then use Disk First Aid after it > the 2 will contradict each other. Norton will find problems and fix > them...then Disk first aid will find problems with what Norton fixed and fix > them back again. You should believe in, and trust the Utility that Apple > itself included with your Mac. Norton Speed Disk offers no speed increases > while putting your data at risk, and Disk Doctor is a joke. I have had many > clients lose all of their data after running either program. Mary-Jo's > experience with Symantec's products is atypical at best. > > You should use the following utilities in OS 8-9.2: > > Disk First Aid > Disk Warrior (lovely directory repair utility. A must-have) > Tech Tool Pro (for diagnosing Hardware Problems) > > That's all. Rebuilding the desktop (by restarting and holding down the > "apple-option" keys during the restart) will correct a lot of problems and > should be done every 2 weeks or so.
Hello! Both my iMac original Bondi Blue with 288 MB RAM and iBook 500 MHz 128 MB RAM, both running on OS 9.2.2, kept crashing at least once per session. Do you think rebuilding the desktop will fix this? I haven't bought any utilities program... I'm looking at buying Norton but I guess after your input I won't... Thanks for the input. What should I do to minimize or completely eradicate these crashes? thank you. Gary -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
