Can't you just select the partition and use the "Erase Disk" command on the partition? Or isn't that an option when you use the partition as VM? (I confess I haven't tried this on a partitioned drive.)
(Norton Utilites and TechTool Pro will also optimize/ defragment the drive, FWIW.) Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX ------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:43:39 -0700 From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: partitioning HD for VM [edited] >Aside from the fact that the very idea of a separate >VM partition sounds too clever to ignore, if it's >very small it can hardly get fragmented too badly. >Or can it? And once fragged, can't it then be >reformatted without going through all this >nervewracking timeconsuming song and dance of >redoing the whole drive? Well, that sort of depends. Once you partition a disk, if you want to reformat an individual partition using a Drive Setup, you have to reformat the ENTIRE disk. IMO this is a major fault of drive setup, but I understand it does this to protect the integrity of the partition table. You can jump through hoops using 3rd party disk formatters (or my favorite - pdisk) to format individual partitions... But what I believe you are thinking of is not re-formatting the partition but optimizing or defragmenting it. You _can_ do that to individual partitions without trouble. DiskWarrior does this excellently. [edited] Peace, Drew -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
