jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) (04/13/91)
I received many recommendations for a disk defragmenter. These include
SD (Norton), COMPRESS (PCTOOLS DELUX 6.0), DOG (Disk ORganizer,
shareware), REFORM (shareware), and OPTUNE (Gazelle Software,
shareware).
I downloaded DOG and OPTUNE. The DOG documentation warned that it does
not handle the 32-bit FATs of DOS 4.x. As this is what I have, I
scratched it from my list. I tried OPTUNE, which seemed to be a
pre-release version, but it did work, and nicely. Not sure whether
I'll get the newer version of OPTUNE or go with a Norton or PCTOOLS
utility. At least there are plenty of choices.
Detailed responses are below. Thanks to all who replied!
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From: gumbyltd@math.berkeley.edu (Dmitry Gokhman)
I've used Norton's SD (speed disk) to do this and can highly
recommend it.
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From: mwizard@eecs.ee.pdx.edu (Craig Nelson)
I use COMPRESS.EXE from the PCTOOLS DELUXE ver 6.0. Never had
a problem, and probably never will.
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From: akm@cs.uoregon.edu
I use DOG (DiskOrganizer), which is shareware, and I think
available on simtel20.
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From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen)
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [26.2.0.74]
NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
Filename Type Length Date Description
==============================================
DCU100.ZIP B 31081 901022 Delete unwanted files & call backup/defrag pgm
DOG303.ZIP B 53425 910324 DiskOrGanizer v3.03 disk defragmentizer
DOGREVU.ZIP B 3700 910324 Review of 'DOG' disk organizer/defragmentizer
REFORM12.ARC B 24244 870523 Disk defragmenter [Turbo Pas src]
REFORM15.ARC B 44972 870523 Defragment your hard disk
REFORM16.ARC B 63973 900303 Disk defragmenter with TurboPascal v5.0 source
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From: "TEEMU J. M|TT|NEN" <TMOTTONEN@cc.Helsinki.FI>
I've been using the Compress program that came with my PC
Tools package for a couple of years now, and I've been very
happy with it. No problems, very reliable. And the PC Tools
package is worth it's price too (You get a shell, some desktop
utilities, backup software etc.).
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From: mjo@ais.org (Mike O'Connor)
Get Optune, by Gazelle Software. It should be available from the
Simtel-20 archives and/or terminator.cc.umich.edu. From my
experience, it beats DOG, Mace, and Norton SD.smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) (04/13/91)
In article <10390@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes: >I received many recommendations for a disk defragmenter. These include >SD (Norton), COMPRESS (PCTOOLS DELUX 6.0), DOG (Disk ORganizer, >shareware), REFORM (shareware), and OPTUNE (Gazelle Software, >shareware). > >I downloaded DOG and OPTUNE. The DOG documentation warned that it does >not handle the 32-bit FATs of DOS 4.x. As this is what I have, I ^^^^^^^ >scratched it from my list... Hmmmm.... I just downloaded DOG two days ago, and *I* didn't read anything about incompatibility with DOS 4.x. In fact, here are a couple of excerpts from DOG's documentation: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Disk OrGanizer, version 3.01, March 12, 1991 This is the first public release of Disk OrGanizer version 3. This version is compatable with DOS version 4 and 5. EMS memory will be used, if available, for large disks. Disk OrGanizer will work on drives as large as 4,095 Megabytes (4,294,180,868 bytes). Disk OrGanizer has been tested with MS-DOS 2.10, 3.01, 3.10, 3.30, 4.01 and 5.0 on logical drives as large as 600 megabytes. It is believed that Disk OrGanizer will operate on any MS/PC-DOS disk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have DOS 4.01 and a 200 MEG IDE drive, with 3 logical drives (C:, D:, and E:). I have not used DOG yet, so SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME MORE INFO BEFORE I TRASH MY DRIVE with this program. Steve Smith smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu
mjo@irie.ais.org (Mike O'Connor) (04/14/91)
In article <1991Apr12.214311.2063@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes:
:Hmmmm.... I just downloaded DOG two days ago, and *I* didn't
:read anything about incompatibility with DOS 4.x. In fact,
:here are a couple of excerpts from DOG's documentation:
:
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
(we don't need no steenkin' excerpts)
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:
:I have DOS 4.01 and a 200 MEG IDE drive, with 3 logical drives (C:,
:D:, and E:). I have not used DOG yet, so SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME
:MORE INFO BEFORE I TRASH MY DRIVE with this program.
Don't worry about DOG -- a new version was very recently uploaded --
the one you are referring to. The person that was making comments
about DOG was talking about the old DOG. No, you won't have to teach
the old DOG new tricks...
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Mike O'Connor <mjo@ais.org>, NIC: MJO17chau@caen.engin.umich.edu (Hin Fai Chau) (04/14/91)
In article <1991Apr12.214311.2063@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes: >In article <10390@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes: >Hmmmm.... I just downloaded DOG two days ago, and *I* didn't >read anything about incompatibility with DOS 4.x. In fact, >here are a couple of excerpts from DOG's documentation: > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Disk OrGanizer, version 3.01, March 12, 1991 > > This is the first public release of Disk OrGanizer version 3. > > This version is compatable with DOS version 4 and 5. > > EMS memory will be used, if available, for large disks. > > Disk OrGanizer will work on drives as large as > 4,095 Megabytes (4,294,180,868 bytes). > > Disk OrGanizer has been tested with MS-DOS 2.10, 3.01, 3.10, > 3.30, 4.01 and 5.0 on logical drives as large as 600 megabytes. > It is believed that Disk OrGanizer will operate on any MS/PC-DOS > disk. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >I have DOS 4.01 and a 200 MEG IDE drive, with 3 logical drives (C:, >D:, and E:). I have not used DOG yet, so SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME >MORE INFO BEFORE I TRASH MY DRIVE with this program. > I have DOS 4.01 and a 105 MEG IDE drive. I used the latest version of DOG (3.03, 19 March 1991) yesterday without any problems. Hin-Fai Chau chau@caen.engin.umich.edu