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

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

Lockar asked:

>   I read the FAQs, and I was wondering is it possible to defrag a hard
>drive on the Apple //e?  I think I remembering a util for the //gs
>called 'Salvation' or something like that.

If you don't have a //gs and Salvation, you can use the ProSel 8
utility "Beachcomber" to defrag a ProDOS partition of 10MB, or
"Beachcomber.20" for partitions up to 20MB.

If you have multiple larger partitions, typically 32MB, then the
easiest way to defrag is to copy all the files from one partition
to an empty one.  By doing this periodically, back and forth, you
not only defrag, but keep a backup.  ;-)

-michael

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