Is Speed Disk good for Basilisk?
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Is Speed Disk good for Basilisk?
I'd be using the Norton Utilities 2.0 version, would it do any good?
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Wouldn't it be faster (and more efficient) to just create a new, blank disk image and then just copy all the files to the new disk image? Or would doing so just copy fragmented files onto said pristine disk image? Or would doing so simply place the files onto the new disk but as if they were non-fragmented?
I admit that I don't know much about file systems and what-not... but I assume that if you duplicate a disk image that contains fragmented files, you'll end up with an exact duplicate of the disk; fragmented byte for fragmented byte.
I admit that I don't know much about file systems and what-not... but I assume that if you duplicate a disk image that contains fragmented files, you'll end up with an exact duplicate of the disk; fragmented byte for fragmented byte.
File fragmentation may not be such a big issue with images, on the other hand Speed Disk is pretty fast,
at least with the Shaver. However it will not handle volumes with open files (objekts in use) on it.
To optimize your volumes, best boot from a seperate volume with Speed Disk on it, to process you other disks.
at least with the Shaver. However it will not handle volumes with open files (objekts in use) on it.
To optimize your volumes, best boot from a seperate volume with Speed Disk on it, to process you other disks.
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