glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) (09/18/90)
Does anyone know of a good public-domain disk optimizer - de- fragmenter program? I don't know if such a public-domain animal exists. If so I would have a definite use. Any info appreciated. Thanks, Glenn
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (09/18/90)
In article <1990Sep18.154643.22619@welch.jhu.edu> glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) writes: > >Does anyone know of a good public-domain disk optimizer - de- >fragmenter program? I don't know if such a public-domain animal >exists. If so I would have a definite use. Any info appreciated. Here is "any info". Hope it's of some use. ------------------- begin prerecorded message ---------------------- From: Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun There are some frequently asked questions about the programs available from chyde.uwasa.fi, by anonymous ftp, from the /pc/.. ... much deleted ... 15. ***** Q: I am interested to know if there exists a program for such and such purpose. Would you point me in the right direction. (This question also often occurs in the news postings.) A1: Most often the best answer is to look through file lists. We have several such lists which should together have quite a good coverage of the PD programs in circulation. These lists are /pc/0contents, /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2, /pc/ts/0dir-ts (lists for our site, chyde.uwasa.fi), /pc/pd2/files-mm.zip (a good English speaking Finnish BBS), and /pc/pd2/simibm.zip (Simtel20 list). A2: How to find files on chyde.uwasa.fi: If you are looking for a particular program at chyde.uwasa.fi you should always start by getting the following three files: /pc/0contents /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2 /pc/ts/0dir-ts And for seeing what is new in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/ts directories, get /pc/pd2/0news-pd2 /pc/ts/0news-ts A3: To save you the trouble of downloading all of those files if all you want is to search for one or two programs, you can use an index server maintained by Raymond Chen (rjc@math.princeton.edu). To obtain instructions, send email with any subject and containing the single word "help" to the above address. ... much deleted ... -------------------- end prerecorded message -----------------------
sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) (09/19/90)
In article <1990Sep18.154643.22619@welch.jhu.edu> glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) writes: > >Does anyone know of a good public-domain disk optimizer - de- >fragmenter program? I don't know if such a public-domain animal >exists. If so I would have a definite use. Any info appreciated. > >Thanks, >Glenn I have used the FREE defragger available via anonmous ftp from Simtel [26.2.0.74]: PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>REFORM16.ARC This program was written by Jos Wenmacker of the Netherlands. It did a fine job of defragging both my Seagate ST138R and Miniscribe 3425 hard drives running 32Mb RLL. Each 32Mb drive took 20 minutes. The price is certainly right. ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA'66 \\ INTERNET : sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP : ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER : K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE : (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX : (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|