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From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Disk deframgmentation software - recommendations wanted
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Date: 2 Apr 91 17:58:12 GMT
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In article <10286@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
>I need to defragment by disk -- ie, put all the little unused blocks

The answer depends partly on how big your disk partitions are and
what version of DOS you are using.  In the past I used a shareware
program called DOG (for Disk OrGanizer).  It worked well for partitions
<32M under DOS 3.x or less.  I haven't used it for a long time; the
recent versions may overcome these limits.
I have used Norton's program and it works well but is VERY slow
(it tends to move every block on the disk every time you run it).
My personal preference is the COMPRESS program that comes with
PC Tools.  I don't use all the "pieces" of the package but I think
the parts I do use are well worth the approx. $80 price.

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