Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!petunia!rducky!jrp From: jrp@rducky.uucp (JIM PICKERING) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Looking for Disk defragmentizer for DOS 4.0 Message-ID: <1990Apr12.032230.12345@rducky.uucp> Date: 12 Apr 90 03:22:30 GMT References: <90097.004450GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> Reply-To: jrp@rducky.UUCP (JIM PICKERING) Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: Technical Solutions, Arroyo Grande, CA Lines: 19 In article <90097.004450GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> GILLA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Arnold G. Gill) writes: > > How about trying PCTools, any version. They have a very good compress >program (a defragmenter, not the unix-style compress) that comes with the >package. I personally would NOT recommend using PCTOOLS' defragger on DOS >= 4.0 with > 32mb partitions. I have seen 2 disks lose their first FAT after a defrag. Fortunately we were able to write a program to copy the 2nd FAT into the first to recover the disks. jim -- Jim Pickering c/o Technical Solutions || (north) ..csustan!polyslo!rducky!jrp P.O. Box 1045 || (south) ..sdsu!polyslo!rducky!jrp Arroyo Grande, CA 93421 || (south) ..csun!polyslo!rducky!jrp (805) 473-1037 || (east) ..csufres!polyslo!rducky!jrp