Conference hydra::amiga_v1

1209.0. "Beware of B.A.D.!" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Tue Mar 01 1988 10:04

    Just thought I'd warn people of a potential problem with a demo
    program going around called 'B.A.D.' (Blitz-Amy-Disks).
    
    This program is supposed to re-write the Amiga floppies in a compatible
    way such that directory lists and icons come up at blazing speeds.
    The demo version I got from PLINK is a crippled demo in that it
    only will reformat root directories of bootable disks.  The
    documentation claims that a full blown commercial version will follow,
    as well as a super-fast hard disk backup program.
    
    Well, I made backup copies of a few booting disks that had lots
    of stuff in the root directory.  I ran B.A.D. on them, and the program
    gronked for a few minutes.  When the disks were opened from Workbench,
    the icons came up faster than my hard disk, and almost as fast as
    a RAM: disk or a cached disk.
    
    The only problem is that after I removed the disks and re-inserted
    them, the disks were unreadable!  Not to fear, I had backup copies,
    but I get a bad feeling about B.A.D.
    
    This note is not intended to villify the B.A.D. software, or even
    the demo version.  I may have just had some bad luck.  I haven't
    heard any other complaints on PLINK, so maybe I just screwed up
    somehow.  But a word to the wise; if you decide to try B.A.D., make
    sure that you use backup copies.
    
    Ed.
    
    

    I too was lured by the promises of B.A.D.  and had the same problems.
    I also had one disk gronk and never got the system back.  I wound
    up throwing out the program (B.A.D.) as being too risky.

    mu .02 worth.
    
    
    John