It added Speed Disk, a disk defragmenter, and Format Recover. Norton Disk Doctor was the major addition in this release. Release 5. This version also allowed the choice of "classic" names such as FF. EXE ; these were configurable in the updated version of the Norton Integrator menu system. Norton Utilities 6. UnErase takes advantage of DOS 5. Windows 95's Recycle Bin soon further reduced the need for UnErase. Release 7. Also some of these tools now did not need to run in full-screen-mode but just displayed a window in the center of the screen, like the disk formatter or the disk duplicator utility.
The Windows version of Speed Disk works with much greater speed than Microsoft's supplied defrag program, as it moved groups of clusters, not single clusters as Microsoft's Windows Disk Defragmenter. Changes in the way Windows operates meant that many of the old utilities were either dropped completely or replaced with GUI based versions. Version 2.
Originally called Norton Utilities 2. Officially announced on Nov. Via the use of LiveUpdate, a Speed Disk patch is available to take advantage of Windows 98's application launch enhancements. The software began shipping on November 21, Although the 'for Windows' name was dropped from the products, it still appears in support sites. With this release, Symantec changed the naming scheme to incorporate the year of release.
Marketed as Norton Utilities , this was the final version to run solely on the Windows 9x platform. Announced on Aug. In anticipation of major changes to the Norton product lineup, no new features were introduced in this release. For the next six years, Norton Utilities will cease to exist as standalone product, instead becoming part of Norton SystemWorks starting SystemWorks is essentially an expanded version of Norton Utilities with additional features, antivirus protection and disk backup tool.
The revival of Norton Utilities as standalone software was announced on Feb. This version added bit support on Windows XP and Vista. The product license was changed to allow the software to be installed on up to three household PCs. PC Pro rated Norton Utilities 14 with 1 star out of 6 for "an overpriced collection of optimization tools that falls far short of its promise. PC Advisor criticized Norton Utilities 14 for delivering "little that you can't already do with Windows," although it did acknowledge that it brought two things to the table: "The registry tools, which are useful, and the performance monitor, which is interesting but not always useful.
It is also compatible with Windows 7. It was released on October 14, Norton Utilities This version also includes a new GUI. Norton Utilities for Macintosh was a separate utility suite for the Mac OS, providing much of the same features as the equivalent Windows version. The included disk tools support the HFS file system only.
Support for the Apple Hard Disk 20 was not explicitly mentioned. When Apple released System 7, Norton Utilities for the Macintosh needed to be updated in order to run safely. This proved to be a recurring story in the history of the utility; early versions were highly regarded for a while, but proved to be hazardous when used with newer disk structures and operating systems before being updated. Released in October , v3.
They're all tied together with Norton Integrator, but they work equally well on their own. Speed Disk performs a task that's far more complicated to describe than it is to execute. Seldom having room on a hard disk to put an entire file in one location, DOS can be forced to move all over the disk when accessing a single file--a process that can cause noticeable lags as your files become more and more fragmented.
Speed Disk analyzes the disk and figures out how to reshuffle the fragments so they're closer together, speeding up your hard disk and--an important fringe benefit--helping protect against data loss.
This used to take hours and was paradoxically dangerous: The very act of rearranging your disk meant that if your computer lost power or you accidentally rebooted during defragmentation, the disk could be rendered unusable.
Speed Disk for Windows analyzed my MB drive in just a few minutes; a complete defragmentation took only about an hour. Speed Disk can be safely interrupted, and despite its blinding speed, it allowed me to write this review as it did its job. If you have two identical floppy drives, DOS makes copying a floppy disk fairly painless. It copies the entire disk image into RAM, asks you to insert the destination disk, and then creates a copy in one pass.
It eliminates the tedious, time-consuming disk swapping that can really bog down your copying time. But NDOS will be a dream come true if you're a Luddite like me, who wonders why DOS has never provided commands to accept input in batch files or let you change both disk and directory in a single command, use subroutines in batch files, move a file to a different directory, and so on.
It lets you create interactive, flashing, beeping batch files with a minimum of fuss--and it can do a great deal with just a few commands. Some of the sample scripts are elaborate and quite handy to use. Batch Enhancer was developed separately from NDOS, so some of their functions overlap; this can be a source of confusion to the novice. From the superlative installation program to the manuals to the online help and the programs themselves, The Norton Utilities exudes skill, reliability, and craftsmanship.
The utilities are fast where they need to be, conservative where they need to be, and insistent where they should be. The online help and screen prompts still have the preternatural lucidity that made Peter Norton a player, but they do miss a few tricks.
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