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Subject: Re: defrag
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> something that has puzzled me for years (but i've never got around to
> asking) is how does *nix get away without regular defrag as with
> windoze.

because it doesn't need it.

>
> fsck is equivalent to scandisk, right?

not exactly - fsck usually fix errors, unlike scandisk