Gazelle Systems OPTune with MS-DOS Versions (75443)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q75443

SUMMARY

According to Gazelle Systems Technical Support, if you are using Gazelle Systems' OPTune disk utility with MS-DOS version 5.0 or later, you must use OPTune version 1.35. If you are using OPTune with MS-DOS 6 or later and DoubleSpace or DriveSpace, you must upgrade to OPTune version 1.41 or later (released 4/30/93).

WARNING: According to Gazelle Systems, you risk serious data loss if you use a version of OPTune earlier than 1.41 with DoubleSpace or DriveSpace.

MORE INFORMATION

OPTune, a software utility manufactured by Gazelle Systems, provides disk defragmentation and optimization. In addition, OPTune can mark out bad sectors on a disk and contains various commands that are similar to the MS- DOS CHKDSK program. OPTune can also change the interleaving on a disk without destroying information on the disk.

Gazelle recommends that any disk-caching programs be disabled before running the OPTune disk utility.

The following versions of OPTune are recommended with MS-DOS: 
   MS-DOS Version            OPTune Version
   --------------            --------------
   3.30 or earlier           1.1
   4.0 and 4.01              1.2
   5.0                       1.35
   6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22      1.41
For more information, call Gazelle Systems Technical Support.

The products included here are manufactured by Gazelle Systems, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/10/2003
Keywords:KB75443
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