At 04:42 PM -0500 02/08/2003, Fred wrote: > >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....
No, not symantics at all. Totally different operations. To format a *drive* you go tooling thru it verifying sector boundries and writing and reading every single sector. Then you write a fresh partition map on the drive. Then you create a driver partition and load it. To initialize a *partition* you simply write new file system headers onto the beginning of the partition. You don't touch or verify the partition map. You don't "exercise" each sector. Installers contain compressed tomes. They decompress the items, then move or copy them to the desired locations. This fragments the disk. Reloading a freshly initialized partition does not fragment things. It is (pretty much) a single direct copy operation. *shrug* - 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
