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Article #26311Re: GEMBOOT it works, well _almost_
From: preston
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1987 23:06
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1987 23:06
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> >>"Yes", they said. "GEMBOOT is bad. Trashes your disk. Don't use it. > >>Actually DECREASES your available folders to 20....." Strange. I have 50+ folders on my Supra hard disk with GEMBOOT installed. > Are there -any- people out there happily using GemBoot on a Supra HD? I have GEMBOOT installed on my 1040ST with a Supra 20M hard disk. So far it seems to work just fine. I recently backed up my hard disk. I couldn't complete the backup without GEMBOOT installed because I had too many folders (a little over 40 at the time). With GEMBOOT installed I could complete the backup without problem. Now, GEMBOOT has really only been installed for a couple of weeks, so this isn't an extensive test. BTW, I used the TURTLE program to do the hard disk backup. Very nice! Though you do have to be careful about the format of the floppys you use. I used 'twister' formatted floppies for one of my backups. It was fast, but I couldn't see any of the files on the floppies (although the free space number looked right...) If you tell TURTLE to format the floppies as it goes then the floppies look OK afterwards. I suspect there is something slightly different about the twister formatted disks. ======================================== Preston L. Bannister USENET : ucbvax!trwrb!felix!preston BIX : plb CompuServe : 71350,3505 GEnie : p.bannister
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