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- From: alcorn@ces.cwru.edu (Justin Alcorn)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: How do I unfragment my HD?
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 21:22:24 GMT
- Organization: Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University
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- In article <1992Nov19.225117.5440@nmt.edu> mystical@nmt.edu (Gurupartap Davis) writes:
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- >>>> I understand that using utilities like Norton's SpeedDisk are a no-no
- >> > under OS/2, but can they be used if I DualBoot DOS?
- >>
- >>That's what I have been doing all the time.
- >
- >I tried this once, and when I rebooted under OS/2 many of my icons had been
- >screwed up. All of the OS/2 applets now have a generic "OS/2 Window" Icon.
- >Isn't there an OS/2 util that can defragment the HD?
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- Under 1.2 and 1.3, I would boot to DOS and tell SpeedDisk to ignore any file
- that began with ea* . That worked fine. I have NOT tried this under 2.0!
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- Actually, a couple times, I told it to put ea* first - I think it worked,
- but i'd be VERY skittish about this one....
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