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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: HELP! Need Defrag for WB1.3
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 96 16:45:02
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- Stanley Anderson (anderson4@delphi.com) wrote:
- : <crown@stat.tamu.edu> writes:
- :
- : >Please help a lost soul. My old 2000HD is badly fragmented
- : >and I can't seem to find old software to use on the WB 1.3 version.
- : >
- : >ReOrg on Aminet only works for DOS 2.0 and higher, any suggestions?
- :
- : Sorry, no software; but a solution, nonetheless:
- : Backup everything; format; restore.
- :
- : Backup twice, before doing the format...
-
- Or, you could try to find an old version of Quarterback Tools, which has
- supported optimisation since the OS 1.2 days IIRC. Not as fast as ReOrg, but
- it works.
-
- A "true" optimisation is often more effective than the backup-reformat-restore
- method, not to mention a lot faster (unless you're backing up to another hard
- drive, of course...)
-
- -- Mat.
-