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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Subject: Re: Utilities?
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.024201.18601@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
References: <1991Apr11.153857.3581@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1300058@hpgrla.gr.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 91 02:42:01 GMT

In article <1300058@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> kirkr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Kirk Rothe) writes:
>>where I want to get some utilities for Windows 3.  I'm interested in things
>>like an undeleter and/or rescuer, a volume fixer, a locater (preferably one
>>that will be able to locate items within files, a screensaver, etc.  It seems
>>that I've pretty much narrowed to field down to Becker Tools (v.2) and HDC
>>File Apps (along with their First Apps as well).  Becker is slightly more
>>expensive than File Apps, but if you add First Apps, then the HDC pair is
>>more expensive.  I figure I might be able to pick up individual utility files
>>here and there, but at this point I think it is preferable to get a package.
>>Does anybody have any recommendations? specifically about these packages, or
>>about others.
>
>I have been using Becker Tools for about a month now and I'm not 
>impressed.  Even though there are a ton of features and tools in 
>this program, it appears that yet another software company has 
>attempted to make file I/O as ugly, complex, and slow to use as
>possible. I don't know how much we paid for it, but I don't use it
>much.
>
>Kirk Rothe

Thanks very much, Kirk.  You are the first person to respond
to my original posting, either here or to me personally.  I've
held off buying anything, hoping to hear from people like you.
Any body else out there have anything to say on this topic?
--Gerry
ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu
