Norton Utilities vs. "the way things are"

Paul Chamberlain tif at doorstop.austin.ibm.com
Thu Feb 21 01:44:17 AEST 1991


In article <468 at bria> uunet!bria!mike writes:
>Again, I would like to see
>you use fsdb to restore a file that you discover has been deleted by
>another user 3 hours ago, and heavy disk use has been taking place. Not
>terribly likely.

Not to mention new fangled systems with security that guarantee that the
blocks have been "erased."

This is in no way an endorsement of the Norton Utilities, I've never even
used a Norton Utility and wouldn't be caught dead installing some kernel
modification that creates a class of blocks called "might-be-free."

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT speak for IBM.          IBM VNET: PAULCC AT AUSTIN
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