EddyHawk's Info List --- DISK UTILITIES: --- DISK DEFRAGMENTER --- -Speedisk by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA) v8.0 [1994] req: dos v3.1+, 286+ part of Norton Utilites V8.0 note: part of Norton Utilites NU progs have mostly the same internal switches like: /NO_DISK: forcing ask for disk insertion (?) /MULTITASK /NOZOOM: no zooming boxes /USEINT9 /COMSPEC /INSANE /VMMSANE /THRESH /NOS /CHECKTASK /CUSTOM NU help is cool little token-ed text file, easy to read w/ any text viewer -Defrag by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA) year: 1988-1993 note: part of MS-DOS (licensed to Microsoft) --- DISK DOCTOR --- -NDD (Norton Disk Doctor) or PCHNDD by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA) year: 1991-1999 type: 360kb+ basemem, 2Mb extmem ver for win95 ..10E [1996] 2000 ..10E [1999] from NU 2000 V4.5 (for Win9x) always check for boot floppy drive, can't be disabled (annoying) adv: restore missing partition moves good data from bad sector to good sector very reliable note: part of Norton Utilities --- DISK CACHER --- -SmartDrv by: Microsoft v5.01 req: dos v3.1+ note: some people think smartdrv is the worst cacher part of MS-DOS -HYPERDISK by: Foley Hi-Tech System v4.75 [1995?] note: package contains other speed-up utils like HyperRAM, HyperScreen, etc -PC-CACHE -NCACHE2 (Norton CACHE) By: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA) Last known Ver: 8.0 Year: ?-1994 Type: cache Desc: floppy and hard drives cacher Adv: fast 3 different 'strategies' for caching (optimize for speed/memory/effectivness) a multitude of options can save the current configuration unloadable uses SMARTDrive API Disadv: can't cache CD-ROMs commercial no more DOS versions (any versions?) Note: part of Norton Utilities -PC-Kwik -PTSCACHE by: PTSDOS (Russia) adv: LRU user-custom (1 to 18 ticks) delayed write disadv: sometimes hang (DOS V6.22) & don't run (Win95's DOS V7) on my cpu note: part of PTSDOS 2000 --- DISK COPIER/FORMATTER --- -HD-Copy (High Density Copy (?)) By: Oliver Fromme/TBH-Softworx (Germany) Type: floppy.disk.handler Compiler: BP V7.0 V2.0 [1995] cardware fast? copy format different densities presed disk image -VGA/Copy By: Thomas Monkemier/VGA-Software GmbH (Germany) Type: floppy.disk.handler, 386+, DOS V3.2+ Year: 1989-1997 Compiler: BP V7.0 V6.23 [1997] GUI presed disk image fast? copy shareware heuristic bootsector analysis format different densities VGACOPY.BIN = multifunction megaboot -IMG (IMaGe) By: Veit Kannegieser (Germany) Year: 1997-1998 Type: disk <-> image handler Compiler: BP V7.0 01 Jan 1998 Note: prog x is dual executable: 1 for DOS, 1 for OS/2 handles other disk image formats -IMG (IMaGe) By: Falk Hulth (?) (Germany (?)) Type: disk image extractor V1.? recoqnize some formats -TeleDisk by: Sydex -CopyQM (CopyQM Plus) By: Sydex V3.13 shareware regged ver offers self-extract disk image -XPACK By: Jau Ming Tseng (Taiwan) V1.67r2 Adv: regged ver offers self-extract compressed disk image creator Disadv: shareware -DiskDupe (DiskDupe Pro) V5.0 (?) Disadv: no diskimage -> hardisk -DCF (Disk Copy Fast) By: Chang Ping Lee V5.01 (?) -2M by: Ciriaco Garcia de Celis/CiriSoft (Spain) year: 1993-1995 V3.0 [Jun 1995] last known ver adv: formats into up to 2+ Mb disk & read it 2MDOS: uses DiskBoost & Sector Sliding techniques to build faster floppy -FDFORMAT, FDREAD by: Christoph H. Hochstatter (Germany) V1.8 adv: formats into up to 1.7Mb formatted disk & read it (1st prog) to use Sector Sliding technique -TurboDsk by: Mr. Lord Ground year: 1995? adv: the only other prog uses DiskBoost technique beside 2MDOS disadv: shareware leaves 2 last floppy disk sector unverified -DW (DWare) by: Ramkumar Srinivasan (India) type: disk based archival software for DOS compiler: TC++ V3.0 V1.0 [1997] adv: can use bad track 0 disk disadv: bad track 0 disk can't be used under Win9+