RE: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions

[Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG]

On the other hand... Norton's System Works has some good utilities.  Seems
to find and fix more problems in M$ than Scandisk, defrag, etc.


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Øyvind Bjørkelund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Saturday, October 21, 2000 3:15 PM
To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:        Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions

NEVER, I Say NEVER, run Scandisk.
It makes more errors than i fixes.
If your PC is going slow, format the drive or delete the partition, and 
install Linux again!!

Microsoft Scandisk should NEVER have been invented..!



----- Original Message -----
From: "DataChannel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions


 > If defrag finds any errors during the scandisk-like mode of it (first 5%)
it
 > wouldn't let me continue.  I ran scandisk before running defrag and it
 > didn't do anything to my linux partition because I rebooted to linux to
make
 > sure it still works and it worked after scandisk was run and there were 
no
 > errors in scandisk.
 >
 > Defrag is supposed to only defragment files within the partition, why 
does
 > it go as far as wiping my linux partition and screwing up the partition
 > table to do it?
 >
 > Even if I disable its check for errors and program optimizer, it ends up
 > destroying the linux partition when run.
 >
 > What does defrag need to do to other partitions to get its job done on 
the
 > windows partition anyways and WHY?
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Ed Tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:58 AM
 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions
 >
 >
 > > maybe the defrag is running scandisk, and auto settings are set to
repair
 > > the boot sector?
 > >
 > > ----- Original Message -----
 > > From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:54 AM
 > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions
 > >
 > >
 > > >
 > > > > Why is it that everytime I defrag in windows (in safe mode) that it
 > > results
 > > > > in screwing up my linux partition and making my computer unbootable
 > > because
 > > > > grub can't read the linux partition?
 > > >
 > > > Maybe you're setting your defrag tool to do an entire disk rather 
than
 > > > just the Windows partition.  OTher than that, I have no idea
 > > >
 > > >
 > >
 > >
 >
 >



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