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- From: johnl@forthd.uucp (John Lebert)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: STACKER OR PC STORE OR ????????
- Message-ID: <44.2aa75257@forthd.uucp>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 12:11:03 GMT
- References: <i10.1@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca> <3SEP199200265438@zeus.tamu.edu>
- Reply-To: johnl@espace
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- Organization: Fourth Dimension, Portland OR
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- In article <3SEP199200265438@zeus.tamu.edu>, rpb0804@zeus.tamu.edu (BATES, ROBERT PATRICK) writes:
- > In article <i10.1@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca>, i10@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca writes...
- >>I need more hard disk space but can't afford a larger hard disk at this
- >>time. Hence, I am looking at on the fly compression products. I've heard a
- >>lot about STACKER but relatively nothing about the newcommer PC STORE (I
- >>think that's what it's called). A comparison of these two products would
- >>greatly be appreciated, as well as any information on alternative products.
- >>
- >>Thanks a million
- >>
- >>Dan Sullivan
- >
- > DON'T SCREW WITH STACKER 2.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- > That SOB almost took out some vital info on my hard drive last semester, and
- > restricted drive access to some of my software (I forget which ones...). Sure,
- > it gave me nearly 2x the space after compression, but it just wasn't worth it.
- > I figured that between losing important data and shelling out $350 for my
- > ST3144A, the IDE drive was a far better deal... As for the other program, I
- > don't know about it... The only one I've heard of otherwise is SUPERSTORE on
- > DR-DOS 6, and some people have complained about it, too.
- >
- > Good luck, and have fun!
- >
- > ==============================================================================
- > Robert Bates Disclaimer:
- > rpb0804@zeus.tamu.edu "I make no claims..."
- > Texas A & M University
- > ==============================================================================
-
-
- I have been using SuperStore for about a year. I have had very few
- problems with it. I did have problems with the version on DRDOS 6.
- The way I set it up was to partiton my HD (200 mg) 10 meg & 190 meg.
- I then compressed the 190 meg partition. I do it this way instead of
- compressing the whole disk because the bootable compressed disk used
- to go away with the DRDOS version - made me gun shy. Be careful not
- to use any defragmenters other than the ones that come with the
- compresion programs - they can wreak havoc...
-
- John Lebert - johnl@espace
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