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hlsw_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Dave Hollinsworth) writes:

>(Before I go into my story:  I know that some people will say that disk
>optimization is not worth it.  Well, I want to try it anyway....)

Not worth it?? What, some people like to overwork their drives and have
slow performance and have potential problems related to files fragmented
into a zillion pieces?

>Recently, a friend let me use his copy of Symantec Utilities for Macintosh.
>I decided to run SUMTuneUp on my hard drive (after backing it up, of course).
>I selected the options for "Defrag" & "Optimize", and let it go to work.
>However, the defrag step refused to touch two files, namely the Desktop DB
>and DF files, saying that they were open.  Similarly, the optimize refused
>to run, citing the presence of open files on the hard disk.  (Oh yeah:  Mac
>SE, System 7.0.1.T)

Use Speed Disk from Norton. It's the best defragger out there.