[H-GEN] Defragmenting HDD

[Frank Brand]

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David Duffy wrote:
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> Hi All,
> I have a Linux box with a second HDD fitted that is
> formatted as FAT32. Is it possible to defrag this drive
> via the Linux Box (RH6.1) or would it be best to put
> it into my Windows 98 machine temporarily to do it?
> Regards...

I think you would be best advised to do it in Win. You dont need to take
it out of the box. Just make a (Win) boot disk with defrag on it and
boot from the floppy. Then do a defrag of C: or whatever the disk is.
Windows will probably see the disk as C: because (assuming it is the
only FAT disk on the box) Windows will not see a partition on the Linux
disks and will thus not "see" them.

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Frank Brand
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