Re: HD Defragment?

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From: Paul S. R. Chisholm
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 06:12

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In article <111700190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> Can anyone recommend a good hard drive file defragmenter?  I just
> need the name of the program and possibly an anon ftp site...

Sorry, I don't know off-hand of any public domain ones.  I like the
COMPRESS utility that comes with PC Tools (I have version 5.1).  It
seems to work well.  Most importantly, it's *extremely* careful, moving
blocks around several times if necessary, so it can make atomic updates
to the File Allocation Table.  What that means is, if the system
crashes, my file system should be okay.

PC Tools is a good disk utility/electronic desktop package; I've
recommended it, and people who've bought it on my endorsement have said
they like it.

> Steve N.

Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories
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