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- From: doctorj@buffnet.net (Joe Margarone, III)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Defragmentation software ?
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 05:56:27 GMT
- Organization: BuffNET
- Message-ID: <doctorj-0102960052180001@dppp5.buffnet.net>
- References: <4dg88o$5mm@lomond.icbl.hw.ac.uk> <30FE6D3C.5923@topcity.mn.org> <9601191214.AA001xo@g4wyc.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <9601191214.AA001xo@g4wyc.demon.co.uk>, Steve Powell
- <Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
-
- > In article <30FE6D3C.5923@topcity.mn.org> "Michael M. Rye"
- <1726@topcity.mn.org> writes:
- > > Chris J Schnurr wrote:
- > > > Hi,
- > >
- > > > I'm looking for reliable software to defragment my hard disk. I have
- a 600 Mb
- > > > amiga disk which is in need of tidying. Can anyone point me in the right
- > > > direction ? Are their any reliable ones on aminet ? Do I have one included
- > > > with Workbench 3.0 ? (well, it's worth asking I suppose).
- >
- > No there isn't, but if Dave had been working for the right (in Commodores'
- > eyes) department, we may have had Disksalve as part of the OS.
- >
- > > I would recommend a program called ReOrg, available on Aminet in the
- > > disk/optim directory. Filenames are: "ReOrg3_1.lha" = main program
- > > "ReOrg3_11pch.lha" = patch to v3.11
- > >
- > > It is very reliable and has never cause any problems on my machine.
- One thing
- > > I will say about it is it is a *very big* memory hog. Takes a lotta
- memory to
- > > optimize big disk partions. Takes almost 5 meg RAM to optimize my 400
- MB hard
- > > drive partitions, leaving a little over 1 Meg RAM for ReOrg's caching.
- > > So, you better have a lotta memory in your machine if you only have
- one partiton
- > > on your 600 MB HD.
- >
- > Rubbish, ReOrg seems to dynamically allocate memory resourses, the more
- > you've got the mor it uses and the faster it'll do the job!!!
- >
- Agreed. ReOrg 3.11 is excellent and FAST! It's available on Aminet.
-