At 10:08 PM +0000 02/07/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I will add in here that there is one circumstance where defragging is a useful >workaround while waiting for your budget to increase: > >You have a hard drive with 700 mb free space, and want to author a >CD. If your computer is heavily fragmented, you can run into >coaster problems with your burner. Defragging will cure this >temporarily (I have tried it and it indeed works), but isn't a good >long-term fix.
*nod* That's a scatter/gather issue. I like to keep a 700MB mountable "disk image" file around for Toast to read from. Works quite well. - Dan. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
