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 -ScanDisk By: Microsoft Adv: quite fast uses INI file INI has 'custom' section comes with DOS/Windblows Disadv: non-interactive note: part of DOS & Win9x EdH: some average Joes DO think it can CLEAN virs, because they think it's the McAfee's SCAN.exe --- DISK CACHER --- -386MAX by: Qualitas prog x name: Qcache.exe note: don't use with SmartDrive -Cache.exe Cache.sys -Flash prog x name: Flash.exe note: don't use with SmartDrive -Icache.sys -IBMcache -Compaq-Cache -Mace prog x name: Mcache.sys -PC-Kwik prog x name: Pc-kwik.exe -PC_Kwik Disk Accelerator -PC-Kwik V1.59 -Secretdisk II prog x name: Fast512.sys note: don't use with SmartDrv -Super PC-Kwik prog x name: Superpck.exe -SmartDrv by: Microsoft v5.01 req: dos v3.1+ adv: can caching CD-ROMs note: some people don't recommend SmartDrv as best cacher if smartdrv's double-buffering is required for some ESDI/SCSI hardisks why other cachers don't have it & still run properly? :) part of MS-DOS -HYPERDISK or HyperCache? by: Foley Hi-Tech System v4.75 [1995?] note: package contains other speed-up utils like HyperRAM, HyperScreen, etc don't use with SmartDrv -PC-CACHE by: CPS V5.x note: part of PCTools -Qcache by: Multisoft note: same as PC-Cache? -Norton Speed Drive Disk Utility prog x name: SPEEDRV -NCACHE (Norton CACHE) by: Peter Norton V5 V6 -NCACHE2 (Norton CACHE 2) 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 > V6.1 -NWCache -PTSCACHE by: PTS (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, PS/2 incompatible year: 1992-1995 Compiler: BP V7.0 V1.7e [24 Sep 1993] V2.0a [1995] cardware fast? copy format different densities presed disk image -VGA-Copy (/386) 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 (using ARJ) 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 V3.24 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) V4 V5.1 (?) Disadv: no diskimage -> hardisk -DCF (Disk Copy Fast) By: Chang Ping Lee V5.1 -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 floppy disadv: bad track 0 floppy can't be used under Win4+ -FR (Format & Repair damaged diskettes) by: Viorel Munteanu/Ceamacsoft (Romania) type: bad track 0 floppy formatter compiler: bp v7.0 V1.00 [Aug 1997] disadv: shareware uses frtsr (tsr) to read bad track 0 floppy complete package files must be exist or refuse to be x-ed note: bad track 0 floppy can't be used under Win4+ -FastCopy by: Central Point -FastPacket by: O. Weindl V1.2 V1.4 -DiskCopy by: Novell Dos 7, DR-Dos -SaveDskF/Loaddsk -Rawrite -VMDisk ( OS/2 ) -Disk eXPress V2.3 -WIMAGE by: Christoph Hochst„tter -UCOPY by: Pierre van Wyngaard -PMFloppy by: Greg Bryant -EZ-DiskCopy Pro -DISK-EMU by: Carlos Fern ndez Sanz note: RAW or CRC-add image -EZ-Copy PRO/Plus by: EZX Corp -EZ-DisKlone Plus by: EZX Publishing -SCopy note: DOS and OS/2 -AST Diskfile -PC-MAG 2DISK/2FILE -EMTCOPY by: IBM -Disk eXpress by: Albert J. Shan -Floppy-Copy -1PASS -CISCOPY -BlitzCopy by: Oliver Siebenhaar, Udo Steger -DDUMP.EXE -DIM 1.4.A -Disk-Factory -MakeDskf -E0X by: Veit Kannegieser (Germany) year: 1995-1998 23.03.1998 note: floppy disk drive emulator -FormatMaster by: New-Ware -QCopy by: Ulrich Feldm -FOCUS-COPY by: M. Eckert --- RAM DISK --- -VDISK (Virtual DISK) by: Digital Research or IBM note: part of PC-DOS & DR-DOS -RAMDRIVE by: Microsoft note: part of MS-DOS -386DISK by: 386MAX -XPANDISK -NJRAM-Disk -SRDisk -xDISK -TurboDisk --- Booter/Partitioner --- -System Commander by: V-Link? 2000 -PQMagic or (Power Quest) Partition Magic by: Power Quest year: 1994-2001 V2.02.210 [1996] V7.0 [2001] note: has DOS ver EdH: simply the best. capable to resize/(un)hide while keeping existing data intact