Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!dclemans From: dclemans@mentorg.com (Dave Clemans @ APD x1292) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Defragger Message-ID: <1991Feb15.231336.4325@mentorg.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 23:13:36 GMT References: Organization: engr Lines: 29 bammi@acae127.cadence.com (Jwahar R. Bammi) writes: > > I (and several others who have e-mailed me) am in need of a hard disk > > defragmentation utility. I have an ICD host adapter, TOS 1.4, and am > > i seem to remember trying one from atari called chkdsk or something > like that. it was slower than molasses, and the user interface really > sucked. i would stay away from that one. i wish the author of tuneup > would fix his util for large partitions. sans that problem, i have > used it for many years with great success. > > i think beckmeyer had something along the same lines too. I'm the author of Tuneup, such as it is. (Though not of its documentation.) A version does exist that should handle "big" partitions, though it's never gotten any testing (that I know of) beyond local people. It was sent many months ago to Michtron for more general testing & release, but I've haven't heard anything since then. I also have no idea as to what its current status is since the sale of Michtron to that New Jersey firm. As I said above, I haven't heard anything from Michtron/etc. in many months. I don't even know how to contact the New Jersey company that supposedly bought Michtron. If it was definitely clear that I legally could do so, I would be willing to give "special" updates (with the understanding that this version has not been as extensively tested as previous versions.) However I will not spend any money to get such a legal clarification. dgc