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mdresser@pbs.org writes:

>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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I agree wholeheartedly.

Norton is on my hard disk, and SUM II isn't, though I have both.



Dan Walkowski
Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci.
walkowsk@cs.uiuc.edu