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From: nospam on 9 May 2010 22:23
In article <1jia4xn.8o4g9m1hr0ar7N%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> > > I am getting an end of file error with Speed Disk when my Firewire hard
> > > drive is connected to my Blue and White G3, and am unable to defrag it.
> > > Any suggestions? I am using Norton Utilities 6.
> >
> > get rid of norton as fast as possible.
> >
> > version 6 is *old*. you don't say what version of mac os you're running
>
> Subject line says Mac OS 9.2.

so it does.

> As far as I recall, Norton Utilities 6 is
> compatible with Mac OS 9, but I have been avoiding all Norton products
> for so long I can't be certain.

google shows that v6 came out about 2001 so it should be, but avoiding
norton is by far the best option.
From: Jolly Roger on 10 May 2010 10:23
In article <slrnhufnmk.gfj.g.kreme(a)ibook-g4.local>,
Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <T-Bone-619645.20501909052010(a)news.giganews.com>
> Chance Furlong <T-Bone(a)megakatcity.com> wrote:
> > I am getting an end of file error with Speed Disk when my Firewire hard
> > drive is connected to my Blue and White G3, and am unable to defrag it.
> > Any suggestions? I am using Norton Utilities 6.
>
> Norton is no better on the Mac than on the PC; it is possible it's even
> worse. Don't use it.

In general, now-a-days, yes, but I recall that Speed Disk used to be a
pretty good disk optimizer back in pre-X versions of Mac OS.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 10 May 2010 11:44
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> In general, now-a-days, yes, but I recall that Speed Disk used to be a
> pretty good disk optimizer back in pre-X versions of Mac OS.

Actually, even after Norton Disk Doctor turned toxic, concurrent
versions of Speed Disk continued to work properly.

I suspect that the OP's problem is that one of the files itself is
hosed.

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From: Jolly Roger on 10 May 2010 12:15
In article <1ji9xtr.1svf4b61t0c9hcN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > In general, now-a-days, yes, but I recall that Speed Disk used to be a
> > pretty good disk optimizer back in pre-X versions of Mac OS.
>
> Actually, even after Norton Disk Doctor turned toxic, concurrent
> versions of Speed Disk continued to work properly.

I keep my backups of Speed Disk for just this reason.

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From: nospam on 10 May 2010 13:51
In article <slrnhughlf.kli.g.kreme(a)ibook-g4.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> I remember having to recover someone's hard drive after it had been
> destroyed by Norton. I think it might have been version 5? Somwhere
> around Mac OS 8.1 or so.

i do too, except that it was my own drive. it was 8.5 or 9.x time frame.

> We got about 40% of the data back.

i got about 90% back, after a *lot* of effort.
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