Pride's latest release is an extremely powerful and quite original disc users toolbox. Some are invaluable tools and some are just curiosities but overall it is well worth the money.The program offers, amongst other things, a directory editor to restore files, hide files from the directory (as used in games like Sorcery Plus), set files to Read Only or vice versa etc. The restore feature has already saved me from disaster. There is a very useful FastFormat program that not only whizzes along at twice normal speed but also lets you format in IBM mode (normally the CPCs can read/write IBM format files but cannot create or copy the discs). Another original touch is a program that speeds disc access up by 20%, until the machine is completely reset. I was surprised by how noticeable the effect is on long files but it is really a bil of a luxury. There is a Discclone utility that will handle damaged or illegal disc sectors and a sector editor. 
Tony Kendle, PopularComputingWeekly851212 | 
