Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hodge!doug
From: doug@hodge.UUCP (Doug Brandon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: zlink & kermit wont do BREAKS correctly / DD Docs available ?
Summary: Optimizing function
Message-ID: <243@hodge.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 88 20:43:09 GMT
References: <1962@netmbx.UUCP>
Organization: Hodge Computer Research Corp., Orange, CA
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> sth else: what does DDD Pro do when i select 'optimize a disk' ???
> i wont try it out on my harddisk...
> a documentation would be nice to have.

The optimize a disk function simply writes zero's to the unused blocks
of a disk.  When files on a disk are deleted, the actual data on the disk
isnt erased, just the directory entry.  Zeroing the unused blocks can
many times make the disk pack much better.  Optimizing any disk which
isnt going to be packed is pretty pointless.


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