On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Yuri de Groot wrote:
> > 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...
I do have a dos 6.22 boot floppy with defrag on it which will do the job,
any use?
Phil.
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