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Defragmenting Hard Drive in DOS
Name: JLM Date: December 14, 2003 at 09:33:21 Pacific OS: DOS 6.0
Comment:
Is it possible to clean up and defragment the hard drive in DOS? I am running 6.0. If so, what and where do I get the best program to do this? Thanks for taking time to answer this post.
Name: Jake Thompson Date: December 14, 2003 at 09:49:03 Pacific
Reply:
Yes. Microsoft Defragmenter comes with DOS 6.0 and later. Use the DEFRAG command at the C:\> prompt.
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Response Number 2
Name: Petit Jean Date: December 14, 2003 at 13:24:48 Pacific
Reply:
Old dos tools(from MS-DOS 6.22 and earlier) should not be used with drives having long file names support ,dual booting with later systems, or in other words the Windows systems from 95 on present on the hard drive.Good luck.
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