[G4] defraging a Mac (the 85% rule)

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

I am probably going to hammered for this one but here goes. Besides
fragmentation there has also been a general consensus to always keep at
least 15% of your hard drive un-used. What does this have to do with
fragmentation. Ok so I can't remember were I read it but I did. Think it was
Macfixit. But when a system writes to the hard drives directory the
directory needs to use continous disk space. The directory cannot be
fragmented. If a hard drive is so full that when rewriting directory
information it (the directory) can become corrupt. I look forward to others
views on this, Wayne.

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> From: 	Kevin Willis
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Thursday, April 1, 2004 8:38 PM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	[G4] defraging a Mac
> 
> Is there an application either in OS 10.2.8 or third party for 
> defragmenting my hard drive?  How important is it in a Mac?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kevin
> 
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