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#The BAD Program.

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#73486From: Hilary SzymanowskiJan 30, 1994 11:23 PM
Yes…. BAD does have a graphic display. It also tells you the percentage it has covered – also the expected time of the operation. While most of my Amiga programs have speeded the event of my heart failure, the BAD thing has performed like a lady! (Don't get the wrong idea here, Trent). Don't think it cost an arm and a leg to purchase. If you can borrow the program, give it a try. Good luck and best regards, HILARY
#73493From: Trent HawkinsJan 31, 1994 1:18 AM
Who makes it? Trent Flying near the Pole in the Great White North
#73496From: Ed MartinJan 31, 1994 6:37 AM
Hi, Trent — (Ayuh, I'm heah, too!) If Hilary refers to Blitz-A-Disk when he says BAD ('twould make sense), a disk optomizer…. I believe the maker of this particular tool left us high and dry about a year or two ago. I have a copy and find it won't work with my harddrive on the A1200 at all (something to do with IDE, as it doesn't notice the HD at all), and chokes on WB 2.04 often enough so I heaved it into the brush. There is ReOrg in one of the libraries here (AUser or ATech, I forget) that will work on the A1200 to tighten allocation up nicely. Oh, Well… — Ed — (In Nawth NH) [ via AP! ]
#73557From: Trent HawkinsJan 31, 1994 7:24 PM
Ed, Thanks, but I'm using Ami-Back Tools to optimize my Scsi drives (did not like the performance of IDE) and am looking for a program (commercial or otherwise) that has as one of it's features the ability to search out bad blocks and lock them out. This also with a graphic display showing the operation by block and indicating which are bad and locked out. Trent Flying near the Pole in the Great White North
#73505From: Hilary SzymanowskiJan 31, 1994 9:02 AM
BAD is produced by:- M.V.Micro PO Box 1112 Wheatbridge. CO.90034-112 Phone: (303) 467-1718 BBS: (303) 469-9862 It is distributed by an outfit callec Centaur Software, Inc. OK ? HILARY
#73558From: Trent HawkinsJan 31, 1994 7:24 PM
Thanks Hilary will give them a try. Trent Flying near the Pole in the Great White North