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Article #8954Re: Disk deframgmentation software - recommendations wanted
From: Marc Unangst
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 02:13
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 02:13
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kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) writes: > 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). I dunno which version of Norton you're using, but SPEEDISK.EXE in Norton 5.0 only moves every block on the disk if you choose "Full Defragmentation". If you choose "Fragmented Files Only", it will only move around files that are fragmented, and is generally much faster. The disadvantage is that this tends to leave lots of little holes of free space on you disk, which means it gets re-fragmented much faster. What we REALLY need is a smarter filesystem that makes some attempt to keep files contiguous. -- Marc Unangst | mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | "Bus error: passengers dumped" ...!umich!leebai!mudos!mju |
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