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From: winata@cat6.cs.wisc.edu (Charles Winata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Disk deframgmentation software - recommendations wanted
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.043739.22160@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 91 04:37:39 GMT
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In article <1msVZ2w163w@foster.actrix.gen.nz> derek@foster.actrix.gen.nz (Derek Foster) writes:
>jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
>
>> I need to defragment by disk
>> [..]
>> together.  Simple stuff -- but what software is available?
>
>  Compress   - PC-Tools
>  Speed Disk - Norton Utilities
>
>Both commercial.. I use both & haven't had problems with either of these
>excellent programs.  For speed, I'd say Compress was the better of the
>two.. IMHO of course.
>
>Regards, dF
>
>(No connections with either company, just a happy customer..)
>
>--
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I like Compress better than Speed Disk too. But to be fair, you can't say
Compress is actually faster than Speed disk. If you use the same method of
defragmenting (Compress can change it's alogarhytm like Speed Disk) for
both, they will run in approx the same speed.
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