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Thank you Charlie.
Glad to hear some good things about OnTrack, although it is just too
much program to download. I should get disks.
I have Norton 2002 disk, and a new 40G fluid drive.
You might be able to help me decide how to set this up with the old
drive.
I plan a removable rack as Ken described.
Which operating system to install? (98, 2000 or XP) I want to try to
keep this new drive clean and spare, for AB 4 and not much else.
I could use some suggestions, from you and from others.
Marek said Suse 8 Linux is worthwhile but I don't have the disks.
Thanks in advance.
JT
--- In amibroker@xxxx, "imcharliehm" <charliehm@xxxx> wrote:
> JT,
>
> I've used Norton and OnTrack in several versions and prefer the
> latter for causing me less grief, which you are reporting isn't
your
> experience. Keep in mind that each product does things a bit
> differently, so there's a learning curve in both cases.
Furthermore,
> your results will vary according to which features you select from
> their menus. (e.g., I always uncheck the virus and system
monitoring
> stuff, plus the updating, file recovery, etc.) Both products
receive
> good reviews, so choosing one over the other comes down to
arbitrary
> preferences.
>
> Two suggestion:
> (1) Clean up your OS to ensure that your grief isn't coming from
> that source. (There's nothing like a clean re-install to make
things
> work smoothly.)
> (2) Identify exactly which feature(s) you need from a maintenance
> program and then find out through actual testing on your own system
--
> not reviews, mine or anyone else's-- which one offers you the best
> combination of ease and thoroughness.
>
> All software is a compromise. Sometimes you need/want the feature
> one offers over the other -- or don't want to do the programming
> yourself-- and resign yourself to its off-the-shelf bugs and
hassles.
>
> To continue this OT topic a bit further, if you're looking for a
good
> fire wall, try Zone Alarm Pro, which does not mess with other
> programs or your OS at all the way both Norton and OnTrack most
> assuredly do.
>
> Charlie
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