On Saturday 21 August 2004 08:10 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Based on Gene Holmerud's post I looked at DriveWorks (about $69US) since I am not familiar with this product.
But, I have one question regarding the need for defragging before moving or resizing. For a long time, I remember that Partition Magic used to advise defragmenting a partition prior to moving or resizing, but in the newer versions this was no longer a requirement. The reason I am asking this is because during installfests, having a Windows user perform a defrag may be very time consuming. So, the real question is "does a Windows partition require a defrag before using a partitioner, such as: 1. Partition Magic (8+) 2. DiskWorks (Partition Commander) 3. Parted/QTParted
Of course, Linux filesystems rarely require the use of a degragmenter.
You might also look at www.acronis.com It runs using a linux kernel. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 08/21/04 11:41 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." - J. Paul Getty