Re: Best AV prog for XP = KAV 5 right?

From: optikl (optikl_at_invalid.net)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:45:55 GMT

Carl Farrington wrote:
> Bart Bailey wrote:
>
>>I've been using Norton Ghost for years because it fits on the same
>>floppy as my Boot2DOS files.
>
>
> Oh and BTW, one of it's features is a "Bootable Rescue Media Builder" which
> will create a bootable CD (and I think floppies too) that takes you into a
> umm.. kind of DOS version (I have to admin i haven't used it. I simply fired
> up the Menu.exe which impressed my quite a lot. I just didn't want to down
> the machine to look at the non-windows thing (not sure if it is DOS or just
> a direct run-from-itself bootloader type thing)

It's Linux. The bootable CD, for those have no hardware configuration
issues with the Linux drivers, is a huge asset. I've restored a couple
of systems due to drive failures and it's tits.

>
> As I said, eMule will get you an acceptable try-before-you-buy. (i.e. the
> full version, but this is against copyright law)
>
>

I'll stick with the old fashioned way of getting my software. I trust
nothing with the name "donkey" or "mule" associated with it.