Here is some important information about the disk optimizer "ReOrg V2.3": - DO READ the documentation "ReOrg.doc" ! Although most functions of "ReOrg" are quite "intuitive" and although ReOrg has an online help facility, there are several important hints in the documentation ! - BEFORE STARTING ReOrg BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR HARDDISK ! I really mean it ! There have been some problems with ReOrg V2.1 and some (a few) harddisk controllers. Although all bugs and problems I know have been solved in ReOrg V2.3, there is still a (slight) chance that ReOrg destroys the data on your harddisk. If you do not have a backup available in that case, THAT IS YOUR OWN FAULT --- especially if you used ReOrg on your harddisk for the first time ! - For those of you who have already been using ReOrg V2.1: - Please delete all old settings files (ReOrg.prefs) ! Altough ReOrg V2.3 can still read all old settings files, I recommend you use the new built-in settings first, because some default options have changed from V2.1 to V2.3 ! - There is one important change for the option "Read drive geometry": - THE OPTION "Read drive geometry" SHOULD ALWAYS BE SWITCHED OFF, EVEN IF YOU ARE USING HD-DISKS IN COMMODORE HD DISK DRIVES. This option is now only needed for "special" disk drives with variable formats, e.g. on the SCSI bus (at this time, I do not think that such drives already exist). ReOrg automatically adjusts itself to HD-disks inserted in Commodore HD disk drives even if the option "Read disk geometry" is switched off. - IMPORTANT ! Recommended option settings: - Write verify: - for floppy disks: >On< or >Off< (choose by yourself) - for harddisks: >Off< !!! (Verify does not make much sense for harddisks) - Format: - floppy disks in 2-disk-mode: >All tracks< for a new disk >On< for a pre-formatted disk - floppy disks in 1-disk-mode: >On< (is faster than >Off<) - harddisks (1-disk-mode): >Off< !!! (Otherwise you might get I/O errors) - Read drive geometry: >Off< !!! (or your machine might crash) - Update disk date: >On< !!! (or your machine might crash) Bug reports, comments and shareware donations are welcome at any time. The documentation "ReOrg.doc" contains details. Please do NOT send E-Mail to my E-Mail addresses ( hkr@mcshh.hanse.de , hkr@ABH.ZER and Holger_Kruse@AMTRASH.ZER ) after Juli 10th,1992 ! I will be away from home for a long time and therefore can not reply E-Mail. But normal sack mail to my home address in Norderstedt, Germany will be forwarded to me ! I hope you like ReOrg V2.3 ! Holger Kruse