Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:23:09 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, "Thomas A. Halter" <webmaster@gp-flash.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Initial/Install Questions Message-ID: <19980714142309.A1993@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980712151310.031ea790@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>; from Ludwig Pummer on Sun, Jul 12, 1998 at 03:13:10PM -0700 References: <199807122341550540.00820219@gp-flash.net> <3.0.3.32.19980712151310.031ea790@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com>
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On Sun, Jul 12, 1998 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > At 11:41 PM 7/12/98 +0200, Thomas A. Halter wrote: > >1. Is there a utility out there, other than Win95's defrag that will move > >some the files at the end of my drive that Win95's defrag will not? I > have no >idea what they are, but defrag will not move them, and unlike the > Norton >speedisk of old, I can not select which files are moveable and > which are not. > Files which aren't moved have the hidden, system, or read-only attributes > set. Get a directory listing of those and see which ones you think are safe > to move. Un-set the attributes, run defrag again, and then re-set the > attributes. One file this won't work for is the swapfile, i think. If you turn of Win95's virtual memory, then reboot, you should be able to delete the swapfile and reclaim the space it used. Scott. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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