> do i take it windows has left the building, but the data
> is still there?
>
> if so, and given the size of the data, backing up and
> reformatting/repartitioning is by far the best option
> IMHO. Its less than one cd if you are short on hd space.
If you value your data, do it Nick's way as above.
The time it takes to back up the partition would be less
than locating, downloading, installing and running a
defrag tool.
Plus, you now have a back-up!
OTOH if you don't value your data, just delete it.
I'm in the arduous process of sifting through the data
on my harddrive (mainly {C|Dun|NZ}LUG posts which is
archived by others anyway) and deleting stuff I don't
want to have to back up all the time.
It's taking bl--dy ages because I have to double check
each item that there's nothing useful before I delete it.
Yuri
> > Does anyone know of a FAT32 file system defragmenter
> that runs under linux (or DOS)? Did a quick google search
> > , but couldn't see anything non-commercial...
> > I am trying to repartition a small (720MB) hard drive...
> and Windows doesn't live there any more. FIPS won't go
> until it is defragged. I can always copy everything off
> > and repartition, but looking for the lazy way first...
