mjschmel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer) (04/27/88)
My 20 Meg HD sounds like it's thrashing around a lot on startup and such. Since my disk is pretty full, I suspect that several files like my startupScreen and some INITs are fragmented. In fact, I think that much of my HD is fragmented. Has anyone encountered/dealt with this problem? I'm aware of a product called DiskExpress that supposedly "de-fragments" your disk and makes all the files contiguous. But I'd rather not shell out $$$ for something that I can probably do myself with some elbow grease (and patience.) Before I take the big step and "reconstuct" my disk, I'd like to know 1) If I'm wasting my time: It wouldn't work anyway. 2) Any tips about how best to go about it. 3) How big a job it really is (if you've done it) and finally, 4) Anything I missed. Thanks a lot!!!
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (04/28/88)
vendors should supply decent software utilities with their hardware - or be forced out of business (they also should use quality parts , provide support, arrange for quick repairs, and know what they are doing, in general - but that is another story) .... no hard-disk owner should be without a disk-backup utility, a de-fragmenting utility, an analyze-and-repair utility, ... and probably several others. because when you need them - you need/want them NOW - and, in the case of a broken disk and a repair program, buying it later forces you to learn the use of the utility at the worst possible time ! such programs exist, are available to vendors at a reasonable license fee, could be made available to the disk-purchasor adding relatively little to the cost of the hard-disk ..... etc, etc !!! *** CONSUMERS UNITE!!! ***
tim@ism780c.UUCP (T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian) (04/29/88)
De-fragmenting utilities make assumptions about how the filesystem stores
blocks on the disk that might not be safe to make. The only people who
should be writting de-fragmenting utilites are Apple.
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Tim Smith tim@ism780c.isc.com
"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the
kind of person I'm preaching to" -- J.R. "Bob" DobbsFabian_Fabe_Ramirez@cup.portal.com (04/30/88)
Michael, Two ways to unfragment a HD: 1) Use a disk optimizer, such as DiskExpress or PowerUp. But make sure that you backup first. 2) Do a complete backup, reformat, and restore. SuperMac Software's DiskFit will allow you to unfragment a HD by this procedure. SuperMac also provides a DataFrame version of DiskFit to purchasers of any DataFrame/XP HD. Fabian Ramirez SuperMaTechnology fabian_fabe_ramirez@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian_fabe_ramirez