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Here is some important information about the
disk optimizer "ReOrg V2.33":
- DO READ the documentation "ReOrg.doc" ! Although most
functions of "ReOrg" are quite "intuitive" and although
ReOrg has an online help facility, there are several
important hints in the documentation !
- BEFORE STARTING ReOrg BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP OF
YOUR HARDDISK !
I really mean it ! There have been some problems with
ReOrg V2.1/V2.3 and some (a few) harddisk controllers. Although
all bugs and problems I know have been solved in ReOrg V2.33,
there is still a (slight) chance that ReOrg destroys
the data on your harddisk. If you do not have a backup
available in that case, THAT IS YOUR OWN FAULT --- especially
if you used ReOrg on your harddisk for the first time !
- For those of you who have already been using ReOrg V2.1:
- Please delete all old settings files (ReOrg.prefs) !
Altough ReOrg V2.33 can still read all old settings files,
I recommend you use the new built-in settings first,
because some default options have changed from V2.1 to
V2.33 !
- There is one important change for the option
"Read drive geometry":
- THE OPTION "Read drive geometry" SHOULD ALWAYS BE
SWITCHED OFF, EVEN IF YOU ARE USING HD-DISKS IN
COMMODORE HD DISK DRIVES. This option is now only
needed for "special" disk drives with variable
formats, e.g. on the SCSI bus (at this time, I do not
think that such drives already exist). ReOrg
automatically adjusts itself to HD-disks inserted
in Commodore HD disk drives even if the option
"Read disk geometry" is switched off.
- IMPORTANT ! Recommended option settings:
- Write verify:
- for floppy disks: >On< or >Off< (choose by yourself)
- for harddisks: >Off< !!! (Verify does not make much
sense for harddisks)
- Format:
- floppy disks in 2-disk-mode: >All tracks< for a new disk
>On< for a pre-formatted disk
- floppy disks in 1-disk-mode: >On< (is faster than >Off<)
- harddisks (1-disk-mode): >Off< !!! (Otherwise you might
get I/O errors)
- Read drive geometry: >Off< !!! (or your machine might crash)
- Update disk date: >On< !!! (or your machine might crash)
Bug reports, comments and shareware donations are welcome
at any time. The documentation "ReOrg.doc" contains details.
Please do NOT send E-Mail to my old E-Mail addresses
( hkr@mcshh.hanse.de , hkr@ABH.ZER and Holger_Kruse@AMTRASH.ZER )
any more ! E-Mail sent there will not reach me.
My new E-Mail address is kruse@eola.cs.ucf.edu
But please note that this address is not valid at all times, so if
you have problems (bounced mail), please try again after some time
or use sack-mail.
Enjoy using ReOrg V2.33 !
Holger Kruse