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echo: os2dos
to: JOHN THOMPSON
from: STEVE BLUNK
date: 1996-10-06 11:20:00
subject: defrag

JT> HPFS is designed to resist fragmentation.  If there is sufficient
JT> contiguous space to store a file without fragmenting, HPFS will 
JT> use it.  As long as your free space on the partition is at 
JT> least 20% you shouldn't suffer from fragmentation except with 
JT> frequently altered files (message base indexes and log files, 
JT> for example).
I keep reading this, but I've also noticed fragmentation on large
downloaded files.  One, in fact, weighed in at 139 extents.  The drive
partition involved is around a gigabyte with about 750 megabytes free. 
Does a downloaded file fall into the "frequently altered" category?
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