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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: Disk Optimization troubles/questions
- Message-ID: <mike_steiner-061192150334@192.35.50.131>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 23:04:38 GMT
- References: <1992Nov3.081019.4756@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <83025@ut-emx.uucp>
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- In article <83025@ut-emx.uucp>, ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
- wrote:
- >
- >
- > This is what I do because Sys 7 keeps the Desktop DB and DF open, keeping
- > me from doing my disk defrag with Speed Disk:
- >
- > 1: Create a boot disk and install SCSI Probe on it
- >
- > 2: Boot, holding down Command-Shift-Option-Delete, keeping SCSI ID 0
- > disk driver from loading.
- >
- > 3: Insert the other floppy with Speed Disk on it.
- >
- > 4: run Speed Disk
- >
- > 5: use SCSI Probe to mount the disk
- >
- > 6: start defragging.
- >
- > I have two floppy drives, you could put Speed Disk, SCSI Probe, and
- > the system onto one 1.44 meg floppy.
-
- I have a boot disk with Speed Disk on it. I boot from that disk and have
- Speed Disk defragment the hard disk. I haven't had any problems with that
- yet.
-
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