Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 - Disk Doctor - causes hang

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toshiba1
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Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 - Disk Doctor - causes hang

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Hi,

I tried running Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 in Sheepshaver (8.6 old rom and 9.0.4 new rom). Launching Disk Doctor causes Sheepshaver to hang. Inspecting Windows Task Manager (Windows x64 Professional) shows Sheepshaver consuming 50% cpu on my dual-core CPU. So I have to forcefully kill it in Windows.

Just wondering if NU 6.0.3 is supported or known issue? Thanks!

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Re: Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 - Disk Doctor - causes hang

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ah, looks like others reporting same issue

http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewto ... ton#p37236

okay.
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Re: Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 - Disk Doctor - causes hang

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The issue is supporting actual SCSI hardware -- the emulator takes a lot of liberties, and so doesn't play nicely with low-level software that expects direct hardware access. HDSC Setup has the same problems.
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Re: Norton Utilities - 6.0.3 - Disk Doctor - causes hang

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SpeedDisk or how it was called, was the only app working in emulation.
Not sure if it make sense to clean up files on a virtual volume. :)
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