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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
 Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 16:32:53
Hello, I was defragging my Quad boot iMac and Norton Utilities 5.0.3. told me that my OS X volume was "severe"ly fragmented. What's a good defragger for OS X? and are any free?.Thanks Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 19:29:00
I don't know of any that are free. Everybody seems to use SpeedDisk 6/7 run from OS 9.The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 19:30:54
I'm not sure, but i think that Drive10 is the only disk utility for OS X. And it's not free.  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 20:13:18
I don't even have norton or whatever...if there is a free OSX disk utility, then I'd love to hear about it... is norton 5.0.3 running under OS9? maybe there's a problem with norton 5.0.3 with OSX system volumes or something :-\ Official 68k videographer
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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 : 21:51:08
Yeah I don't want to mess around with a Speeddisk built in 1999 and use it on Panther.Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2003 : 05:25:03
Before you spend time or money defragmenting, you might want to read the discussion at:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Macintosh/Q_20426892.htmlIn summary, they pointed out that OS X likes high levels of volume fragmentation (lots of empty gaps between files) as a Unixy way to prevent file fragmentation (each file has chunks scattered all over the disk). OS X disks come "severely fragmented" straight from Apple's factory. Defragmention programs , like Norton, jam all the files together at one end of the disk and this forces the operating system to start fragmenting files immediately. They suggested that the only reason to defrag an OS X disk was if you needed to work with large chunks of video or maybe audio. Otherwise, defragmentation is neither neccessary or desirable. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2003 : 09:29:24
Thanks, I have OS X on another partition so it doesn't really affect my OS 9 partition and performance. But that's good to know!Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2003 : 14:07:06
Wow, thanks for the info, G4."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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