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From: spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Unfragging in a DOS window (was Re: Does everybody hate Windows?)
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Date: 13 Sep 90 00:44:52 GMT
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In article <49394@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> tonyb@olivej.olivetti.com (Anthony M. Brich) writes:

>A colleague is in the habit of unfragmenting hard disks from a DOS
>window, using Norton Utilities' Speed Disk.  Seems to work okay,
>though I must admit I was a little skepical.  Are we running any great
>risks with this technique?

Yes. This is an extremely bad practice and could cause serious data
loss, up to and including trashing the FAT. I am surprised it has not
yet done so.

Joel Spolsky
spolsky@cs.yale.edu                                     Silence = Death