[MacDV] Re: defragging files

[sb]

It only defrags if you copy over all the files on the drive to a 2nd drive,
erase the original drive, then copy them back.

Just copying over a few files will only fragment your drive even more.

 regards,

 sb 

On 1/10/05 9:20 AM, "BrtherIbid at aol.com" <BrtherIbid at aol.com> wrote:

> Does copying a file folder to another drive and back again to the original
> location defrag the files? I kind of remember that trick from System 7 days.
> Thanks, 
> Bill M
> 
> On 1/8/05 5:46 PM, "Lanny Cotler" <lcotler at saber.net> wrote:
> 
>>> The best, cheapest, and fastest way to defrag a hard drive is to copy all
>>> the files over to another one, erase the disk using the disk tool>erase
>>> disk, and then copy the files back over.
>>> 
>>>  regards,
>>> 
>>>  sb