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From: relph@presto.ig.com (John M. Relph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Disk Express info wanted!
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Date: Sat, 10-Oct-87 13:26:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 10 13:26:32 1987
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Reply-To: relph@presto.UUCP (John M. Relph)
Organization: IntelliGenetics Inc., Mtn. View, Ca.
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Another way to optimize your disk is to back up all of your files onto
floppies, re-initialize the hard disk, and then copy your files back
onto the disk.  This sounds like it takes a long time.  It does.  And
you have to stand there while you do it.  However, there are backup
programs that will simplify much of the process for you.  I use
Supermac's DiskFit backup program.  DiskFit copies files to floppies
using standard format, so you can Finder copy files direct from the
backups.  However, it keeps information about the desktop along with
the files on each diskette so that your hard disk is rebuilt with the
same folder information.  In order to reduce the overhead caused by
the desktop file, I suppose you could manually rebuild the desktop
after reloading the files from floppies.
	-- John
Standard disclaimer applies:  I have nothing to do with Supermac
Technology, but I like their DiskFit program.
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John M. Relph
IntelliGenetics, Inc.  700 East El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
Internet: relph@bionet-20.arpa