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- REFORM16.ZIP - DOS disk defragmenter with Turbo Pascal v5.0 source
-
- Following is my latest tweak (v1.60) to the PCDOS-specific version of
- Jos Wennmacker's REFORMAT disk defragmenter.
-
- The earlier (v1.50) version expanded capability to include
- large (30+ Mb) winchesters.
-
- This version has been rewritten for Turbo Pascal v5.0, and works just
- fine with my PC-DOS v3.1, a Seagate ST225 20Mb hard disk and an ancient
- CMI 10-megger.
-
- I have no way of testing its compatibility with larger disks, or with
- DOS versions above v3.1. The original author coded the program to abort
- if DOS versions above 3.1 were encountered. I've changed that to provide
- the user with a warning message and the capability to continue if he or she
- so desires.
-
- I've resisted any further attempts to speed up the reformat (such as
- buffering direct disk read/writes) since I'm not quite sure what I might
- break! However speed is adequate for the purpose: A recent reformat of
- my 20MB hard disk (with approx 750 clusters to relocate) took 22 minutes.
-
- Incompatibilities could come from (1) use of several undocumented
- DOS calls, and (2) direct video memory write.
-
- Full honor and glory to the original author:
- Jos Wennmacker
- Universitair Rekencentrum
- Geert Grooteplein Zuid 41
- NL-6525 GA Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
-
- Released to public domain, with the author's original constraints against
- commercial sales. (See REFORM15.DOC.)
-
- David P Kirschbaum
- Toad Hall
- kirsch@arsocomvax.socom.mil
- (919) 868-3471 voice/modem