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millernw@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller) writes:

>Gordon.Edwards@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:

>>What are people's opinions on Stacker?
>>Are there many horror stories or is it generally pretty stable software?
>>Any comments appreciated.  
>>Please post, I'm sure others are interested.

>	Well, if you don't mind mashing each and every file on your drive
>into a single file by using an irreversible compression process with no
>"uninstall" feature, PLUS not knowing quite how much space you have left on
>your hard drive at any given time, hey, it's fine!  But I wouldn't put it 
>on *my* system.  I suppose if you have a tape backup for emergencies, it's 
>ok.  It won't save you as much space, but try PKLITE.  It only works on 
>some .EXE and .COM files, but it's 100% reversible if something goes wrong.

Or, if you're like MOST people who use Stacker and have experienced
NO problems whatsoever in its use (like myself, over a year), then
it's a great program. Like ALL compression utilities, I would surely
make periodic hard drive backups. Actually, REGARDLESS of whether you
used a compression utility or not, the NORM is regular back-ups -- it
should not be the exception.

Stacker has worked flawlessly for me since installation and I have noticed
no speed decrease (or increase) on my 386/25mhz machine. It added
roughly 33-45% extra space onto my hard drive. If you start out with
nothing (or barely nothing), you're likely to get even higher compression
ratios. I highly recommend this utility.

-John

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