S.J. wrote: > I thank you all for the help, and complete as follows: > >> Norton Utilities compatability depends on the version of the Mac operating >> system you are using. > >I'm using 8.6 >> >> What is significant fragmentation? I bench tested badly fragmented vs >> de-fragmented disks and could not measure a speed difference. > >Well, I don't really remember actually, I recall that this was one of the >descriptions of the fragmentation status in the nomenclature of N.U. Another >was "Slight fragmentation" and so on... (when not running in expert-mode >where you got the fragmentation in percentage). This was a flashback, and >nothing else. I don't know what my fragmentation is in this case. >I do, however, suffer from a slower HD than I am used to. Isn't a >defragmentation a good idea?
Hi SJ, Norton WAS "king of the hill" back in the 68K CPU days; not any more. One of the guys suggested the one-two punch. . . . (Warrior and TT) He's right! Get yourself TechTool Pro 3 CD or burned copy of same and boot your computer from the CD by holding down the "C" key. You can then do a complete defragmenting and have a good look at the process while it's happening. You can also use TechTool for a multitude of other maintenance proceedures like; "Wiping Unused Space"; "Wiping the Trash"; "Rebuilding the Desktop"; and 50 other things. If you don't see a marked improvement after that I'll eat a box of 68K chocolate chips :-) TT -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
