Author Topic: Norton disk doctor (Read 3618 times)

June Drabek · « **on:** August 28, 2003, 05:20:16 PM »

Is $94.95 a fair price to pay for Norton disk doctor ? And do I have to order anything special for an eMac, or does "one size fits all" apply ? Also, how much use would I have for a fire wire , other than copying pictures from the iMac to the eMac ? Also # 3. What do I need to copy pictures from my eMac onto a CD ? Whew..so much to learn, so little time.

iGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2003, 09:59:07 PM »

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Is $94.95 a fair price to pay for Norton disk doctor ?

I am assuming you are talking about the most recent version of Norton Utilities. After checking the Symantec site. They have Norton Utilities priced at $99.95 so yes, I would say $94.95 is a fair price. Although, it looks like you can get Norton System Works, which has Norton Utilities (or Norton Disk Doctor) packaged with it. Plus Antivirus and couple of other items for $130. You could probably find it somewhere else for even less.

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And do I have to order anything special for an eMac, or does "one size fits all" apply ?

Your eMac will be running OS X Jaguar. Norton Utilities will work, you don't need anything specific for the eMac. It runs the OS X just like any other new Apple computer.

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Also, how much use would I have for a fire wire , other than copying pictures from the iMac to the eMac ?

I have a firewire port in my PowerMac which I have never used. As far as I know the only reason you would use a firewire port is for downloading photos are movies from a firewire equipped digital camera.

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What do I need to copy pictures from my eMac onto a CD ?

If you are buying the emac with the combo drive you just put the blank CD in a burn photos onto disk. If you are getting the $799 emac you will need to purchase an external CD burner. I would go with the combo drive myself.

Hope some of that helps,
Ryan

kelly · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2003, 10:34:19 PM »

Hi June.

If you are or are going to be using OS X. I don't know about Norton.

I liked them for the older OSs but I'm not sure how good they are with OS X.

From what I've seen you might be better off with Disk Warrior.

Firewire is a fast way to connect to External devices of many kinds.

If you're looking to transfer Files, Ethernet by cable would work well.

June Drabek · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2003, 02:20:43 PM »

Thank you Ryan and Kelly. I bought my eMac in April '03 and paid over a thousand for it with the extra Ram. I love it, but do have a great deal to learn. I appreciate your help very much. June

Gary S · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2003, 02:36:55 PM »

June,

I would agree with Kelly. DiskWarrior would be a better investment for an overall utility for OS X. You can find it here: Alsoft's DiskWarrior

You will need to order the bootable CD.

RHPConsult · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2003, 10:49:31 PM »

June:

Norton vs DiskWarrior has sometimes been characterized as Chevy vs Ford (for us older types), though maybe today its more like BMW vs Lexus . . . but IAWKG.

After all is said and done, Disk Warrior will do what has to be done to your OS (not already accomplished by Disk Utility), and without all the (unfinished) bells and whistles Norton has regularly put out there in the market for the unsuspecting.

Before Norton was sold, they had great Tech Support - - we're talking 10-12 years ago - - when even they would say "turn off Disk Light, or (something else) it's giving us trouble."

The "modern" Norton/Symantec seems to have lost that spirit of service. Get DW and enjoy your eMac.

chuckwagen · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2003, 07:01:15 PM »

I got Norton Systemworks 3.0. The CD is OS X bootable and everything's worked well. I had trouble installing it and held my breath after emailing for support. They got back to me in 3 days (as promised) and now everything works. You get a $50 discount if you give a serial number from a registered Symantec product. I used my Norton Utilities 3 serial number, so they're pretty liberal with upgrades...

June Drabek · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2003, 08:54:06 PM »

Back to Norton again...I have a disk that I installed on my iMac. It is titled Norton System works application...disk doctor, anti virus, spring cleaning and start up disk. Will this disk work on my emac Os X ? if it will, it will save me nearly a hundred dollars.

kelly · « **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2003, 09:07:55 PM »

I don't recommend that you use that June.

I have an alder version like that.

I use the Speed Disk part of it to Defragmnent my OS X Partition.

I run it from an OS 9 Partition.

Doing anything besides that is not a good idea. In my opinion.

Again. I recommend either nothing at all or Disk Warrior.

My 2 cents.

June Drabek · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2003, 02:24:32 PM »

Thanks Kelly..I guess that covers it all. I don't want to do anything foolish at my age.

Bill · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:04:14 PM »

"I use the Speed Disk part of it to Defragmnent my OS X Partition."

Me three. Nothing else.

June Drabek · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2003, 08:44:54 PM »

RHP, Kelly and Bill..I ordered Disk Warrior 3.0 from Mac Warehouse this afternoon. a real bargain..$74.95 + $7.95 for Fed EX delivery. Now when this little marvel arrives, should I install it, or use it when it is needed? I sounds to me like it catches the problems before they occur, so that would mean having it installed,so maybe my question is redundant. I will be nervous...as I always am when doing something new , but I know you are here to back me up if I goof. Thanks for all you have done. I really appreciate your help. June .

June Drabek · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2003, 08:52:40 PM »

"I use the Speed Disk part of it to Defragmnent my OS X Partition."

Bill..what is a Partition ?? I was told that Macs don't need defraging..is this wrong information ??

krissel · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2003, 09:16:48 PM »

A partition is a separate section created within the hard drive. You can divide the space on the drive into several different sized volumes each of which can be used independently of the others. For instance one of my drives (20G) is divided into four partitions. One is about 1G for the OS 9.1 system, another partition is 4G for applications, another is for file storage and another for large video or creating disc images. You can have a different operating system on each one if you wish and boot into the one you want to use. It is mainly a personal preference as to how you might split up the space.
There are advantages to partitions but some people don't find the need.
We have had several threads at TS on the value (or not) of partitioning. Do a search in the forums and archives and you will find a slew of info.

Macs will need defragmenting as will virtually all drives. Depending on how you use the machine you may need to do it frequently or rarely. You can use a software program to to it or the lazy person's way, copy one partition to a larger or empty one, erase the first, then copy back and all the files are placed tightly as if defragged. Optimizing is different as you set up the space to store things in a particular manner.

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