on 6/26/04 2:35 PM, Paul Corsa at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is Norton the only software sold to defrag a HD in OS9.1? TechTool 4 is > for OSX and offers defragmentation. Are there any other alternat ways to > deftrgment a hard drive? Paul C >
Alsoft Plus Optimizer (the same people that make DiskWarrior) and TechTool Pro 3 both do the job in OS9.x quite well. If you are trying to defrag a secondary partition (ie not a system partition) you could simply copy the files on that partition to some other drive/media, wipe the partition clean (reformat) and then copy the files back onto the cleaned partition - you would then have a completely defragged partition/drive. You could do the same with a system partition, but many hidden files (ie authorization files) would not be copied/moved. The best bet in that case would be to use Retrospect to back up the entire volume, clear it off, then reinstall the whole volume back again. You would obviously have to have some other boot drive/disk available to do that. -- Gregg -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
