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

[Lockar <lockar@nospam.com>]

   Know where I can get a copy of Salvation?  I tried to do a serach
but nothing came up usefull. :(

     -Lockar



In article <20040119192322.22627.00000238@mb-m19.aol.com>, Michael J.
Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> 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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