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HIGHER CAPACITY DEFRAGMENTATION
The new DOS 6.2 DEFRAG program can defragment disks with
almost twice as many files as the DOS 6.0. Now the limit
is about 20,000 files. A drive becomes fragmented with
active use. A drive is fragmented when files are not
stored in an efficient manner. This tends to slow down
the drive and makes tasks take longer than they would if
the drive were not fragmented. It should be noted that
defragmentation is also called disk optimization.
Not until DOS 6 did Microsoft provide a defragmentation
program. There are probably millions of really sick hard
drives. You can tell if your hard drive is sick by using
the DOS CHKDSK command. See pages 56 - 57 in Learning
DOS for the Complete Novice, 2nd Edition. The DEFRAG
program reorganizes files to optimize disk performance.
You should defragment your hard drive(s) at least once a
month. Defragmenting should be considered routine hard
drive maintenance.
You should not try to run the DEFRAG program from within
Windows or use it on network drives. It should also be
noted that defragmenting a large hard drive can take a
very long time. See pages 225 - 227 in Learning DOS for
the Complete Novice, 2nd Edition, for how to use the
DEFRAG command. For more help, at the system prompt,
type:
help defrag <ENTER>