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- From: hendry@inforamp.net (Steve Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: AFS crashes
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 13:08:11 GMT
- Organization: iSTAR internet inc.
- Message-ID: <1179.6671T1354T1557@inforamp.net>
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- >Sorry I don't have any help to offer, and unfortunately from what I have
- >read lately I don't think there is any. What I do want to add is that I
- >recently bought AFS, as well, but contrary to the manual and the dealers
- >promise there is no DiskSalv support for AFS. In light of this I am
- >unwilling to commit any of my data to a drive for which there are no
- >methods for recovery from a failure - no matter how secure it is supposed
- >to be.
-
- I still use it. I'm one of those paranoids who really does backup his hard
- disk data regularly, and use a UPS to preclude power problems, so the risk
- to me is minimal, and worth the advantages (huge speed increase, no disk
- fragmentation). The most frequent problem by far seems to be Total Data
- Annihilation when (floppy) writing is interrupted, so I've given up on
- floppies.
-
-
-
- >So Fourth Level, please deliver what has been promised.
-
- I've had no luck with Email to them - only got an automated response giving
- the excuse of staff turnover for the "delay" in answering. My guess is the
- company is probably moribund by now - with all the bad press, AFS can't be a
- very hot seller. (Glad I got my copy before they go under...).
-