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From: malczews@aludra.usc.edu (Frank Malczewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Disk Defragmenter? (or Sum II vs DiskExpress)
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Date: 3 Dec 89 18:41:13 GMT
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I too would recommend Disk Express, in general, as doing quite a thorough
job of defragmenting disks.  However, it has managed to crash on occaision
while defragging one of my partitions (using Unimac software).  That sub-
sequently became the incentive towards purchasing a tape backup system,
which I can use as a roundabout way of defragmenting files: backup to tape,
erase disk (or partition), restore from tape.

Always backup before defragmenting; a system crash may mean a lot of work
if you don't backup everything as a general rule.
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  -- Frank Malczewski		(malczews@girtab.usc.edu)