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Article #8890Re: Disk deframgmentation software - recommendations wanted
From: Ken Abrams
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1991 17:58
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1991 17:58
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In article <10286@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes: >I need to defragment by disk -- ie, put all the little unused blocks The answer depends partly on how big your disk partitions are and what version of DOS you are using. In the past I used a shareware program called DOG (for Disk OrGanizer). It worked well for partitions <32M under DOS 3.x or less. I haven't used it for a long time; the recent versions may overcome these limits. I have used Norton's program and it works well but is VERY slow (it tends to move every block on the disk every time you run it). My personal preference is the COMPRESS program that comes with PC Tools. I don't use all the "pieces" of the package but I think the parts I do use are well worth the approx. $80 price. -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!pallas!kabra437 From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Disk deframgmentation software - recommendations wanted Message-ID: <1050@pallas.athenanet.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 17:58:12 GMT References: <10286@pitt.UUCP> Organization: Athenanet, Inc., Springfield, Illinois Lines: 19