EddyHawk's Info List
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DISK UTILITIES:
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DISK DEFRAGMENTER
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-Speedisk
 by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA)
 v8.0 [1994]
  req: dos v3.1+, 286+
  part of Norton Utilites V8.0
 note:
  part of Norton Utilites
  NU progs have mostly the same internal switches like:
   /NO_DISK: forcing ask for disk insertion (?)
   /MULTITASK
   /NOZOOM: no zooming boxes
   /USEINT9
   /COMSPEC
   /INSANE
   /VMMSANE
   /THRESH
   /NOS
   /CHECKTASK
   /CUSTOM
  NU help is
   cool
   little token-ed text file, easy to read w/ any text viewer

-Defrag
 by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA)
 year: 1988-1993
 note: part of MS-DOS (licensed to Microsoft)
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DISK DOCTOR
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-NDD (Norton Disk Doctor) or PCHNDD
 by: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA)
 year: 1991-1999
 type: 360kb+ basemem, 2Mb extmem
 ver
  for win95 ..10E [1996]
  2000 ..10E [1999]
   from NU 2000 V4.5 (for Win9x)
   always check for boot floppy drive, can't be disabled (annoying)
 adv:
  restore missing partition
  moves good data from bad sector to good sector
  very reliable
 note: part of Norton Utilities

-ScanDisk
 By: Microsoft
 Adv:
  quite fast
  uses INI file
  INI has 'custom' section
  comes with DOS/Windblows
 Disadv: non-interactive
 note:
  part of DOS & Win9x
  EdH: some average Joes DO think it can CLEAN virs, because they think it's the McAfee's SCAN.exe
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DISK CACHER
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-386MAX
 by: Qualitas
 prog x name: Qcache.exe
 note: don't use with SmartDrive

-Cache.exe
 Cache.sys

-Flash
 prog x name: Flash.exe
 note: don't use with SmartDrive

-Icache.sys

-IBMcache

-Compaq-Cache

-Mace
 prog x name: Mcache.sys

-PC-Kwik
 prog x name: Pc-kwik.exe

-PC_Kwik Disk Accelerator

-PC-Kwik
 V1.59

-Secretdisk
 II
 prog x name: Fast512.sys
 note: don't use with SmartDrv

-Super PC-Kwik
 prog x name: Superpck.exe

-SmartDrv
 by: Microsoft
 v5.01
  req: dos v3.1+
 adv: can caching CD-ROMs
 note:
  some people don't recommend SmartDrv as best cacher
  if smartdrv's double-buffering is required for some ESDI/SCSI hardisks
   why other cachers don't have it & still run properly? :)
  part of MS-DOS

-HYPERDISK or HyperCache?
 by: Foley Hi-Tech System
 v4.75 [1995?]
 note:
  package contains other speed-up utils like HyperRAM, HyperScreen, etc
  don't use with SmartDrv

-PC-CACHE
 by: CPS
 V5.x
 note: part of PCTools

-Qcache
 by: Multisoft
 note: same as PC-Cache?

-Norton Speed Drive Disk Utility
 prog x name: SPEEDRV

-NCACHE (Norton CACHE)
 by: Peter Norton
 V5
 V6

-NCACHE2 (Norton CACHE 2)
 By: Peter Norton/Symantec (USA)
 Last known Ver: 8.0
 Year: ?-1994
 Type: cache
 Desc: floppy and hard drives cacher
 Adv:
  fast
  3 different 'strategies' for caching (optimize for
   speed/memory/effectivness)
  a multitude of options
  can save the current configuration
  unloadable
  uses SMARTDrive API
 Disadv:
  can't cache CD-ROMs
  commercial
  no more DOS versions (any versions?)
 Note: part of Norton Utilities > V6.1

-NWCache

-PTSCACHE
 by: PTS (Russia)
 adv:
  LRU
  user-custom (1 to 18 ticks) delayed write
 disadv: sometimes hang (DOS V6.22) & don't run (Win95's DOS V7) on my cpu
 note: part of PTSDOS 2000
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DISK COPIER/FORMATTER
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-HD-Copy (High Density Copy (?))
 By: Oliver Fromme/TBH-Softworx (Germany)
 Type: floppy.disk.handler, PS/2 incompatible
 year: 1992-1995
 Compiler: BP V7.0
 V1.7e [24 Sep 1993]
 V2.0a [1995]
  cardware
  fast? copy
  format different densities
  presed disk image

-VGA-Copy (/386)
 By: Thomas Monkemier/VGA-Software GmbH (Germany)
 Type: floppy.disk.handler, 386, DOS V3.2
 Year: 1989-1997
 Compiler: BP V7.0
 V6.23 [1997]
  GUI
  presed disk image (using ARJ)
  fast? copy
  shareware
  heuristic bootsector analysis
  format different densities
  VGACOPY.BIN = multifunction megaboot

-IMG (IMaGe)
 By: Veit Kannegieser (Germany)
 Year: 1997-1998
 Type: disk <-> image handler
 Compiler: BP V7.0
 01 Jan 1998
 Note:
  prog x is dual executable: 1 for DOS, 1 for OS/2
  handles other disk image formats

-IMG (IMaGe)
 By: Falk Hulth (?) (Germany (?))
 Type: disk image extractor
 V1.?
  recoqnize some formats

-TeleDisk
 by: Sydex

-CopyQM (CopyQM Plus)
 By: Sydex
 V3.24
  shareware
   regged ver offers self-extract disk image

-XPACK
 By: Jau Ming Tseng (Taiwan)
 V1.67r2
 Adv:
  regged ver offers
   self-extract compressed disk image creator
 Disadv: shareware

-DiskDupe (DiskDupe Pro)
 V4
 V5.1 (?)
 Disadv: no diskimage -> hardisk

-DCF (Disk Copy Fast)
 By: Chang Ping Lee
 V5.1

-2M
 by: Ciriaco Garcia de Celis/CiriSoft (Spain)
 year: 1993-1995
 V3.0 [Jun 1995] last known ver
 adv:
  formats into up to 2+ Mb disk & read it
  2MDOS: uses DiskBoost & Sector Sliding techniques to build faster floppy

-FDFORMAT, FDREAD
 by: Christoph H. Hochstatter (Germany)
 V1.8
 adv:
  formats into up to 1.7Mb formatted disk & read it
  (1st prog) to use Sector Sliding technique

-TurboDsk
 by: Mr. Lord Ground
 year: 1995?
 adv: the only other prog uses DiskBoost technique beside 2MDOS
 disadv:
  shareware
  leaves 2 last floppy disk sector unverified

-DW (DWare)
 by: Ramkumar Srinivasan (India)
 type: disk based archival software for DOS
 compiler: TC++ V3.0
 V1.0 [1997]
 adv: can use bad track 0 floppy
 disadv: bad track 0 floppy can't be used under Win4+

-FR (Format & Repair damaged diskettes)
 by: Viorel Munteanu/Ceamacsoft (Romania)
 type: bad track 0 floppy formatter
 compiler: bp v7.0
 V1.00 [Aug 1997]
 disadv:
  shareware
  uses frtsr (tsr) to read bad track 0 floppy
  complete package files must be exist or refuse to be x-ed
 note: bad track 0 floppy can't be used under Win4+

-FastCopy
 by: Central Point

-FastPacket
 by: O. Weindl
 V1.2
 V1.4

-DiskCopy
 by: Novell Dos 7, DR-Dos

-SaveDskF/Loaddsk

-Rawrite

-VMDisk ( OS/2 )

-Disk eXPress
 V2.3

-WIMAGE
 by: Christoph Hochst„tter

-UCOPY
 by: Pierre van Wyngaard

-PMFloppy
 by: Greg Bryant

-EZ-DiskCopy Pro

-DISK-EMU
 by: Carlos Fern ndez Sanz
 note: RAW or CRC-add image

-EZ-Copy PRO/Plus
 by: EZX Corp

-EZ-DisKlone Plus
 by: EZX Publishing

-SCopy
 note: DOS and OS/2

-AST Diskfile

-PC-MAG 2DISK/2FILE

-EMTCOPY
 by: IBM

-Disk eXpress
 by: Albert J. Shan

-Floppy-Copy

-1PASS

-CISCOPY

-BlitzCopy
 by: Oliver Siebenhaar, Udo Steger

-DDUMP.EXE

-DIM 1.4.A

-Disk-Factory

-MakeDskf

-E0X
 by: Veit Kannegieser (Germany)
 year: 1995-1998
 23.03.1998
 note: floppy disk drive emulator

-FormatMaster
 by: New-Ware

-QCopy
 by: Ulrich Feldm

-FOCUS-COPY
 by: M. Eckert
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RAM DISK
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-VDISK (Virtual DISK)
 by: Digital Research or IBM
 note: part of PC-DOS & DR-DOS

-RAMDRIVE
 by: Microsoft
 note: part of MS-DOS

-386DISK
 by: 386MAX

-XPANDISK

-NJRAM-Disk

-SRDisk

-xDISK

-TurboDisk
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Booter/Partitioner
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-System Commander
 by: V-Link?
 2000

-PQMagic or (Power Quest) Partition Magic
 by: Power Quest
 year: 1994-2001
 V2.02.210 [1996]
 V7.0 [2001]
 note: has DOS ver
 EdH: simply the best. capable to resize/(un)hide while keeping existing data
  intact