Re: unmoveble blocks in Norton Speed disk

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From: Raymond Chen
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 04:13

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In article <1991Jun4.233518.20269@wpi.WPI.EDU>, mpython@wpi (... and the flying circus) writes:
>did the original poster have a HUGE portion of his disk Hidden?

Actually, it seems that Norton not only refuses to move hidden files,
but also refuses to move anything that lives inside a hidden directory.

(This is the Right Thing, since hidden files and hidden directories
might be part of copy protection schemes; actually, hidden directories
are officially illegal under MS-DOS, though they seem to work okay.)

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