[H-GEN] Defragmenting HDD

[john rogers]

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Depending on the size,avialable free space, and so on
consider,
	0) you can "chkdsk" ithe drive with the dosfsck command
	1) copy to another partition , or backup, ALL the files and directorys
	on the dos drive.  {cp -a check man page}
	2) delete all the files on the dos drive     problem solved  :)
	3) restore all the files.
sounds too simple a time consuming, and dangerous.
but It works and with fast drives it can be quicker than the
dos/win defrag utillity.



On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, 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...
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