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Authored by: santa on May 02, '02 02:16:55PM

I can't remember back far enough to recall when I stopped using the various extensions that Norton Utilities/System Works tries to install. I do mac tech support for a living and I have no problems with Norton Systemworks but...all I ever use is DiskDoctor and Speed Disk on a rare occassion. My guess is that if you ran DiskDoctor from a separate partition or from the CD it would be just fine (although it may cause you to lose custom icons if you aren't careful)...at least 6.0.3 has been spot on for me. However, all the way back to Norton Utilities when it first came out with DiskLight and other extensions, I had nothing but problems with those system level tweaks. Stick with DiskDoctor and DiskWarrior and you should be good.



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FileSaver is not so bad... when you need it!
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on May 03, '02 06:57:06PM

I had this same problem with the public beta of NUM. As a side note, I also used to disable FileSaver in OS 8/9 because it would hang the Mac at shutdown.

One day, for whatever reason, something told me to re-enable FileSaver and let it update its file on my HD.

The next day, I get home from work and start up my Mac... and most of the extensions were missing! Upon looking at my hard drive, I had a LOT of missing files! I booted from the Norton CD, and it found many directory problems that it could not fix. So I ran Volume Recover... it found the FileSaver info from the day before and restored everything back to normal!

The moral: FileSaver is a valuble thing to use... but it can be buggy. Haven't had any problems with the current version in OS 9.2.2... so far...



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