A-NO-NE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Norton can be troublesome because its strength is in _guessing_ the >problem. What do you mean "guessing"? Where did you get that item from? AFAIK Norton doesn't guess, it analyzes. I'd guess that Dream Warrior also makes some qualified estimations when restructuring the file database. Is it such functionality you hint at?
>However, sometime you need such a guess when other tools fail. > You just need to use tools carefully. Careful doesn't stop Norton X from destroying data when it acts up. Something it does too often, especially in the .0 incarnations. The latest OS X version seem to not to be trustworthy. I regret that as > >TechToolPro is strong on hardware testing. It also can rebuild desktop >and reset PRAM/NVRAM. I think TTP also does a good job on repairing hard discs, often better than Norton. Sometimes Norton is the only app to fix the problem, but because I feel I can't trust the X version, I prefer to run Disk Warrior first and TTP. Only if problem remains do I run Norton, always with my data backed up if possible. Also, Norton is the only repair app I know that can hang when confronted with certain problems. Not impressive.
