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Article #7440Re: Utilities packages for Mac
From: mdresser
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 1991 04:45
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 1991 04:45
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In article <443@polluce.sublink.org>, root@polluce.sublink.org (Nadia Pitacco) writes:
>
> I hope this is not a reposting, but I had some problems
> with the previous posting.
>
> We are going to buy an utility package for our Macs.
> We are considering SUM II vs. Norton Utilities.
> We would appreciate any comment and information about
> each of this packages and/or comparison between them.
> Suggestions about other similar packages are also welcome.
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Just a few comments:
I am totally unimpressed with SUM II. It can recover some files from
damaged disks, but has not been able to repair disk problems.
I saved all the damaged disks I could not fix with SUM and ordered
Norton. I just got Norton this week and was able to quickly and
easily repair every disk. I was impressed. Norton recognized
more problems than SUM and corrected them.
I also found Norton more intuitive to use than SUM II.
I ran SUM on the hard drive of my IIcx and it said all
was fine. I ran Norton and it came back indicating
some file problems (bundle bits and other things) and
corrected these things.
SUM does an okay job of file recovery, but Norton is
much better for repairing the disk itself.
For my position, I need to have a variety of utility
programs, but if I had to choose just one, I would choose
Norton.
Melanie Dresser
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