calengr@cory.Berkeley.EDU (California Engineer Magazine) (07/26/89)
In article <323@wet.UUCP> logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan) writes: > >Ah, but don't forget that the Future Systems GTS-100 drive includes that >nice track indicator! Not exactly the most useful thing in the world but >fun to look at and helpful in determinating if your floppy needs defragging. >After you've had it for awhile, you can't live without it. Whenever I use a Can someone tell me where I can get a copy of a good defragger for a floppy? Thanks Michael
woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside) (07/27/89)
In article <15830@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> calengr@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (California Engineer Magazine) writes: ...[edited]... >Can someone tell me where I can get a copy of a good >defragger for a floppy? > >Thanks > >Michael I don't know of any around, but that may be because you don't need one. Just copy the files (not the whole disk, the files) to another (empty) floppy, and they will be made contiguous. If you have a big enough RAMdisk, you can copy the files to it, delete them from the original floppy, then copy them back. When you use the desktop (or most utility programs) to copy whole disks, the structure (and consequent fragmentation) of the disk is maintained. When you copy the files (or complete folders), the data is accessed as a file, and read and written back as file-sized entities. If the destination is blank, the files are written contiguously. -- *George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA *Path: ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside