HD util software

[KennyR]

Disk repair tools: (Like disksalv) No. Only those that come with SFS and PFS. But they should be enough - using FFS or FFS2 on such a big partition is just plain crazy.

Defragging tools: (Like ReOrg) No. Again, only with SFS and PFS. But you shouldn't use anything else anyway.

Formatting: Various format tools will work (like Format64), OS3.5/3.9 format, etc. Avoid DOpus or 3.1 format tools like the plague.

HD Prepping: HDToolBox from 3.5/3.9, scsiconfig, HDInstTools. Never ever use older HDToolbox versions or QuarterbackTools.

Undeleting: No. Except on PFS and SFS, again.

The moral of this story: don't use FFS. Even using non-4GB aware tools on smaller partitions after the 4GB limit will corrupt earlier partitions.

[KennyR]

PFS and SFS are rock solid reliable. About 100 times more reliable than FFS. After the 20th time I lost data due to crashing when slow old FFS was writing to disk, I got rid of it for good.

[KennyR]

yes, sir ! i use sfs on an 8 gig hdd for more than one year now without any problems . the only thing i have to say is, that my boot partition is still ffs.

is there any possibility to convert it ?

Only one I know - back it up on CDR or another drive, change the filesystem to SFS, format, then copy your stuff back. Tricky though.