On 8/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Francois Ouellette</b> <<a href="mailto:fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org">fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Nice idea, but FAT32 does not indicate file placement information!<br><br>After deleting files it may well be that a file still occupies space at the<br>physical end of the partition...<br>Only a defrag job would move files to the beginning, adding to the time of
<br>the whole process.<br><br> François Ouellette<br><<a href="mailto:fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org">fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>></blockquote><div><br>
Good point. I think I will defrag first.<br>
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Thanks for all the suggestions.<br>
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-Steve.<br>
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