Re: Defraging hard drives on the //e, and //gs

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Lockar wrote:

>In article <20040120175222.19949.00000404@mb-m17.aol.com>, Michael J.
>Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

<snip>

>> I hope it works well for you.
>> 
>> I'd recommend a backup first, since I recall having some
>> problems with this program years ago...
>> 
>> Of course, if you can make a "file copy" backup to another
>> partition, then the de-frag problem goes away.  ;-)
>
>    Making back up of my hard drive isn't a problem.  I just burned my
>hard drive to a CD.  I'm just wondering how these utils work and seeing
>them run compaired to those that are on the Mac (early days).

They are pretty slow...

I remember a full file copy as faster.

It's a hard problem to do well, and if the program is careful so that
it could survive an interruption, it's even slower (which is why a
backup is recommended).

The full file copy is completely safe and (obviously) does not
require a prior backup.  ;-)

-michael

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