A-NO-NE Music sez: >However, it won't replace other utilities. Norton, TechToolPro, >DataRescue, Apple FirstAde, each one of them has its strength and weakness. > >Norton can be troublesome because its strength is in _guessing_ the >problem. However, sometime you need such a guess when other tools fail. > You just need to use tools carefully.
Oh, yes, I know this, but the people who have called me after trashing their systems using Norton Utilities don't. And it isn't just careful use of Norton -- Norton has often put out shoddy versions and quickly followed them with updates, requiring replacement CDs (sometimes for a fee) if you wanted an original bootable CD. Most clients don't realize what using an old version of Norton Utilities can do to a Mac version which arrived after it can do, either. Also, 9 times out of 10, when I went to a client and disabled extensions Norton had installed to "help" (ranging from DiskLight to FileSaver), problems magically disappeared. So, I now counsel my clients to stay away from Symantec products. (Norton Disk Editor is probably still useful, but much more advanced for use by any client of mine.) DiskWarrior and Apple Disk First Aid (or Disk Utility in OS X) will get you out of a good 90% of jams, I'd wager. For the rest, one of the other tools you mentioned would be on my list. I'm not sure any of them would help Ben's problem. If done preventively, like Lane suggests, perhaps, but once the data is written over, recovery would mean resorting to backups, I'd think. Whatever the case, good luck to everyone with their systems, whatever utilities they choose! -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com
