JT> Actually, "EA DATA. SF" is intentionally fragmented to keep the 
JT> EA's physically close to the files they are associated with.  In 
JT> HPFS this happens automatically, but in FAT OS/2 has to do some 
JT> tricks to approximate the same thing.  OS/2's implementation of
JT> FAT (called "SuperFAT") is designed to operate that way; the EA's
JT> aren't simply written to the disk "wherever the heads on your
JT> harddrive happen to be at the time."
Having said this, is it safe to defrag the FAT drive that OS/2 resides on in 

dos bootup with no fear?
Andy
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