[X4U] Defrag utility for Tiger

PoolMouse poolmouse_nyc at mac.com
Mon May 16 12:59:01 PDT 2005


wrote:

>So if some users find defragin un necessary then how do you explain 
>the mac os inability to keep with the 15% rule. Which states that in 
>order for directory to be successfully rebuilt that the directory 
>should have at least 15% of  the hard drive space continous free 
>space. How many times have I gotten an error in diskwarrior stating 
>that a fail safe rebuilding of the directory is not guaranteed 
>because the drive is to framented. Which means to me that if the OS 
>is doing it's job of defragin itself then this should not be a 
>problem.

get a bigger drive. trying to defrag an overly full drive isn't going 
to solve the problem. it's a sugar pill. the root of the problem is a 
lack of space.

don


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