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- From: tgeer@pro-gumbo.cts.com (System Administrator)
- Subject: Re: Optimization/fragmentation
- Organization: Apple Gumbo BBS
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 23:16:02 CST
- Message-ID: <ln83830@pro-gumbo.cts.com>
- In-Reply-To: sadasiva@utkvx3.utk.edu (Sadasivam, Krishna Madur)
- References: <1992Dec23.023508.26000@utkux1.utk.edu>
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- In <1992Dec23.023508.26000@utkux1.utk.edu>
- sadasiva@utkvx3.utk.edu (Sadasivam, Krishna Madur) writes:
-
- >What would be a good all-round utility program for disk optimization on
- >my //gs? What happens if you don't optimize your HD? Will the hard drive be
- >seriously hurt, or only be affected in disk access speed?
-
- A good 'all-round utility program' for disk optimization would be Prosel-16.
- However, IMO, Renaissance is the best program for de-fragging. It is not
- an 'all-round utility program' but one in a series of utilities which make
- up the Salvation Supreme package by Vitesse. The reason I like it better
- than Prosel is that you may pause or terminate the process and resume at a
- later time - something you cannot do with Prosel-16 (at least not my version).
- It also uses the standard GUI and shows the filenames as they are being
- relocated. Prosel just gives you a text-based thermometer.
-
- Not optimizing your drive will most certainly degrade the speed of disk
- access if fragmentation becomes severe enough. As for hurting the drive,
- well I supposed the older stepper-motor drives could receive extra wear by
- the head having to be continually repositioned to pick up all of the
- fragmented blocks of a file.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE IF YOU ARE NEW TO DISK OPTIMIZATION:
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- Don't even think about optimizing your drive without making a full backup
- first. It is also a very good idea to run a disk test/repair utility such
- as the one in Prosel or Vitesse's Deliverance before optimizing. Attempting
- to optimize a drive with a damage directory structure could (and probably
- will) have dire consequences. (Voice of experience) :)
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