Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!trantor.harris-atd.com!charybdis!sonny From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Defragging a disk via Save and Restore Keywords: fragmentation Message-ID: <4467@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 10 Oct 90 19:36:51 GMT References: <15947@shlump.nac.dec.com> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL Lines: 38 In article <15947@shlump.nac.dec.com> heintze@fmcsse.enet.dec.com (Siegfried Heintze) writes: > > >Hmmm, I'm not sure what the appropriate news group for this query would be... > >I see that the version of Norton Utilities that contains SD (speed disk) - a >defragger - >costs about $119. Could I save some money by using FASTBACK to save my entire >disk, >delete everything and then restore from my backup on floppies? I little >tedious, but I was >pleased to discover that I could restore 40mb in about 20 minutes with a single >1.2mb floppy >drive. > >I suppose I should aquire Norton Utilities eventually, but I strapped for cash >currently. > I have used the FREE defragger available via anonmous ftp from Simtel [26.2.0.74]: PD1:REFORM16.ARC This program was written by Jos Wenmacker of the Netherlands. It did a fine job of defragging both my Seagate ST138R and Miniscribe 3425 hard drives running 32Mb RLL. Each 32Mb drive took 20 minutes on my 12 Mhz 286 machine. The price is certainly right. ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA'66 \\ INTERNET : sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP : ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER : K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE : (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX : (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|