At 3:10 PM -0500 11/10/2002, Jan E. Schotsman wrote: > > >Don't understand what you mean here. The safe way to defragment a file is >to copy first (to a 'hole' at least as large as the file) then delete the >original.
This only works if the free space isn't fragmented which is often NOT going to be the case. >I once read that Norton can defragment if only a single disk block is free. >That is definitely not the safe way. OTOH the safe way often fails if free >space is scarce and fragmented (the very condition when you need to >defragment most!). The only "safe" way to use your computer is to have a backup. Then a defrag program is safe. >For safety you can backup first but then you can reinitialize and restore >from the backup just as well (slow perhaps, but Speed Disk isn't so fast >either). Except that this will break various file references including aliases. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
