I found a good defragger, and did the job. At the end, and some way through the disk were directory entries and one .cpl file. But the program I used allowed me to click on the sector, see what the file or directory was, then I copied it, deleted the original and renamed the copy.
And best of all it's FreeWare! Here's the URL: www.oo-software.com Thanks all for your help and suggestions Matthew Sherborne > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 3:53 p.m. > To: debian user > Subject: Re: Defrag in Win2000 no good for FIPS > > > Matthew Sherborne wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good defrag program for plain DOS or Win2000 that > > won't leave directory entries at the end of the drive ? > > > > I want to install Debian to share a Win2000 computer but, I > can't defrag the > > drive to shift everything to the front. > > One instance where I've heard of files refusing to be moved is > from the swap > files. As far as I know the way around this is to turn off the swap in > Windows, and then try the defrag again. > -- > Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and > | everything is of great understanding, > '91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the > Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom. > >
