At 09:18 +0400 22/3/04, Sambouka wrote: >Was reading the reviews of System Optimizer X. Most of the reviews >were bad. Stating that it crashes the OS amongst the issues. > >I had a previous experience like that with Norton Disk Utility. I >lost everything on my HD(50 GB worth of Software & Data). > >I would rather keep things the way they are, better safe than sorry. I have not had any negative experience with System Optimizer X, myself. Sorry to hear about your traumatic experience with Norton ! > Unfortunately, I learned my lesson the hard way and didn't have a >back up at the time. But by implication, you do have a backup now ! I have one backup that runs at home, and one that runs at work, and I periodically archive my key files on to a DVD-R or a CD-R. T.