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Ant wrote: Hi! Lo!!! Are there any good free disk disk defraggers that can be run outside of Windows like with a boot disk/disc or before Windows is loaded? There is no point in furiously defragging anymore. Sometimes, files can't be defragged because of them being in used. Thank you in advance. Even if you are ordered to shove your head up a dead bear's arse, again ?

Ant wrote: Hi! Are there any good free disk disk defraggers that can be run outside of Windows like with a boot disk/disc or before Windows is loaded? Sometimes, files can't be defragged because of them being in used. Thank you in advance. Separate second windows installation? Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email:

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage kony wrote: On 22 Nov 2009 10:28:58 GMT, Arno wrote: In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage kony wrote: On 21 Nov 2009 10:55:13 GMT, Arno wrote: ... and by the same vein someone could argue it isn't safe to use a push lawnmower if they aren't wearing steel toed shoes, but last time I checked I still have both feet. There is a difference between denying a risk exists and willingness to accept a risk....

Rod Speed wrote: David Brown wrote Rod Speed wrote David Brown wrote If you use cfdisk (a Linux partitioner) to remove all the partitions from the partition table, then the drive will look like a completely clean, unpartitioned and unformated drive. But it wont look WIPED. If you run cfdisk again and enter the correct values to re-create the old partitions, then they should be accessible again. Of course, it depends somewhat on what the OP...

"Knob Speed" wrote in message ... See every single one of your posts, brown chav child. That does not constitute a substantiation, it is merely silly name calling. Is that all you're capable of? The evidence would tend to suggest so. Thought not. Yep, ear to ear brown dog **** isnt capable of thought. Indeed, but still no substantiation I see, although I'm sure that Turco will appreciate your, albeit feeble,...

John Turco wrote Rod Speed wrote David Brown wrote heavily edited for brevity There you go again... Cost is the main reason few sticks have an LED, rather than size, but either way they are rare in my experience. Then you need to get out more. Most of us get the exact opposite effect, very few flash sticks that dont have one. edited And again. Some months ago, I bought a handful of clearance-priced USB "key drives," locally:...

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:50 -0600, chrisv wrote: kony wrote: chrisv wrote: kony wrote: kony wrote: Safely Remove Hardware does absolutely nothing if windows is left at the defaults for the device. Period. (except waste your time). I should clarify, that I meant no writing of data that wasn't already happening expediently without doing that, it does also dismount the volume. Right, idiot, so it's not a matter of "suddenly...

On Nov 21, 2:27*pm, Franc Zabkar wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:24 -0800 (PST), Al put finger to keyboard and composed: 1) Are the units of LBA blocks? And if so, does (LBAe - LBAs) * 512 = partition size? LBA = Logical Block Address For a typical hard drive, 1 LBA = 1 sector = 512 bytes. Partion size = (LBAe - LBAs + 1) * 512 Ok that makes good sense. Does it follow that 1 LBA = 1 block = 512 bytes? For example, a partition consisting of...

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:49:18 -0800, Ant put finger to keyboard and composed: I am thinking of buying one to use with Windows (do they have 98 SE drivers? If you can't find specific Win98 drivers, you could always use Maximus Decim's universal USB mass storage driver set: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php AFAICT, it uses Win ME components to provide support for USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 host controllers and USB mass...

On Nov 21, 2:27*pm, Franc Zabkar wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:24 -0800 (PST), Al put finger to keyboard and composed: 1) Are the units of LBA blocks? And if so, does (LBAe - LBAs) * 512 = partition size? LBA = Logical Block Address For a typical hard drive, 1 LBA = 1 sector = 512 bytes. Partion size = (LBAe - LBAs + 1) * 512 Ok that makes good sense. Does it follow that 1 LBA = 1 block = 512 bytes? For example, a partition consisting of...