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- From: grohol@novavax.UUCP (John Grohol)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re^2: Opinions on Stacker
- Message-ID: <4075@novavax.UUCP>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 16:02:26 GMT
- References: <Gordon.Edwards.54.0@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <millernw.715827779@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
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- Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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- millernw@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller) writes:
-
- >Gordon.Edwards@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:
-
- >>What are people's opinions on Stacker?
- >>Are there many horror stories or is it generally pretty stable software?
- >>Any comments appreciated.
- >>Please post, I'm sure others are interested.
-
- > Well, if you don't mind mashing each and every file on your drive
- >into a single file by using an irreversible compression process with no
- >"uninstall" feature, PLUS not knowing quite how much space you have left on
- >your hard drive at any given time, hey, it's fine! But I wouldn't put it
- >on *my* system. I suppose if you have a tape backup for emergencies, it's
- >ok. It won't save you as much space, but try PKLITE. It only works on
- >some .EXE and .COM files, but it's 100% reversible if something goes wrong.
-
- Or, if you're like MOST people who use Stacker and have experienced
- NO problems whatsoever in its use (like myself, over a year), then
- it's a great program. Like ALL compression utilities, I would surely
- make periodic hard drive backups. Actually, REGARDLESS of whether you
- used a compression utility or not, the NORM is regular back-ups -- it
- should not be the exception.
-
- Stacker has worked flawlessly for me since installation and I have noticed
- no speed decrease (or increase) on my 386/25mhz machine. It added
- roughly 33-45% extra space onto my hard drive. If you start out with
- nothing (or barely nothing), you're likely to get even higher compression
- ratios. I highly recommend this utility.
-
- -John
-
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