On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:45:30 -0400
Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 21 August 2004 09:38 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
So, My question still remains, do the partitioners require that the Windows file systems be defragmented before the partitioning operation.
I don't believe it does. It does (for most partitioning programs) require that the disk not be in need of a scandisk. (i.e. it has errors that can be fixed by scandisk)
The last Partition Magic that I bought was 6.0. it does recommend that
you run a disk check before you use PM, but says nothing about
defragmenting before it is used. And, PM also contains a check utility.
AFAIK, while it might be a good thing to do, most partitioners do not
require a file system to be defragmented prior to use.
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Jerry Feldman