>At 08:30 PM -0500 02/07/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>This is not how I understand it. I believe a good defragging package is
>>better than format and reinstalling.
>
>I did NOT say "format".  I did NOT say "reinstall".
>
>What I said was to *initialize* the volume then fill it from a *full
>backup*.


The above is more symantics than difference........  If you 
initialize a drive you are *basically* formatting it, and if 
*Restore* from from a *full back up* you are basically reinstalling. 
The only difference being the physical manipulation of different 
media to accomplish the same end....



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