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From: dudek@csri.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek)
Subject: Re: question about disk compaction
Message-ID: <8805262109.AA11627@gerrard.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: disk compaction
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
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Date:	Thu, 26 May 88 15:49:02 EDT

    The effect is doing compaction using disk express is definitely measurable.
On my 20 MB NON-SCSI HD-20 on a Mac+, the time to start the Finder the
first time (before it might get into cache) went down by a measurable amount, 
although not too drammatically (I forget the exact number).

    The time to check the HD-20 when rebooting the Mac after a "surprise" 
power-off went down by about 66% (from 1.5 min to 30 sec), if I 
recall correctly.

    Gregory Dudek

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