[ Quoting Justin Baustert to Scott Little ]
 SL> A HPFS disk is fragmented permanently, that is how it prevents file
 SL> fragmentation (by leaving the disk fragmented).
 JB> HPFS is not fragmented permanently..  HPFS leaves room to write files
 JB> contigiously, unlike FAT..
Disk Fragmentation: Spaces left between files on a partition
File Fragmentation: Spaces left between parts of files
HPFS makes full use of permanent DISK FRAGMENTATION to avoid file
fragmentation. You will find, that on a FAT partition, defragmenting files 
only
leaves a much better result that full defragmentation (since the disk is 
till
fragmented, the files don't).
 SL> installation. So I assume it's never had a single problem, even with
 SL> high usage by scum (students).
 JB> And what are they doing on these systems, exactly?  Surfing the net?
 JB> hehehehh.  I doubt that any real stress has been put on the systems..
The only connection is in the library, which is limited to educational sites
only.
Most of the work is word processing, databases, spreadsheets, graphics,
programming and some other minor topics. They get a lot of usage.
 JB> I also
You also what
 SL> systems. Buy a new HDD or a new motherboard. I don't know about just
 SL> an MMX chip separately.
 JB> You don't know about a lot of things, Scotty..  OSR2 is only to be
 JB> sold by  OEM vendors, and it is only supposed to come prepackaged with
 JB> a new system.  If it is accessed any other way, the OEM agreement is
 JB> broken..
Wrong again, Baustard. It can be sold with any major upgrade, exactly like
I said above. Go check. I dare you.
Regards,
 - Scott
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