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- From: sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Hard disk Defragmenters, any suggestions?
- Message-ID: <Uegai5m00awJM3nnQX@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 14:13:25 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.Uegai5m00awJM3nnQX
- References: <168608AD1.C556212@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
- Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 12-Sep-92 Hard disk
- Defragmenters, a.. Jeoff Hines@mizzou1.miss (434)
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- > I have a friend with an IBM that swears by his H.D. defragmenter. I
- > think he uses every day (sometimes twice). Says that it speeds up his
- > read times. Could this be true? Is it a good idea to defragment my Hard
- > Drive once in a while?
- > If so, where could I find a RELIABLE defragger? I saw a.a has one,
- > but it didn't mention hard disks in the description......
- >
- > Thanks. J.H. c556212@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
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- I personnally tried such a defragmenter on my HD after
- 1 year of use. I didn't notice any speed difference !
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- I think that most of the files you have don't move that much
- (applications, libraries, ...). So that defragmenting a HD
- is only useful once in a while (if it ever is !)
-
- Stefan Monnier
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