Compaction

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Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the contents
of internal or memory cards.

Chris

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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:59:41 -0000, Chris Watts <ng@ctwatts.plus.com>
wrote:

> Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the
> contents
> of internal or memory cards.
>
> Chris
>

The only compaction type of program I would consider is something like
..Zip or whatever compression utility you have for your Pocket PC.

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You can use a utility called Pocket Mechanic to analyze and defragment your
Memory Card(s)

"Chris Watts" <ng@ctwatts.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the contents
> of internal or memory cards.
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris Watts
> Please reply via the newsgroup/mailing list - that way we all benefit from
> the discussion.
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> to
> ensure that they pass my spam trap.
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>

 

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afaik, there is no "compaction" option such as "disk space" on earlier
MS operating systems.

"defragging" can be done, but is not necessary on electronic drives. It
makes a difference on standard hard drives because the read heads must
be physically moved or a wait must occur until a fragmented segment
moves into place to access different chunks of a fragmented file, but on
a ram drive, moving between widely separated pieces takes the same time
as when they are sequental.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

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Or use a card reader and do it on your PC using the free Windows
utilities. Or Norton if you have that. Or whatever PC program you use.


"Copper Trail" <coppertrail@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:m6DId.379$al1.326@lakeread07...
| You can use a utility called Pocket Mechanic to analyze and
defragment your
| Memory Card(s)
|
| "Chris Watts" <ng@ctwatts.plus.com> wrote in message
| news:uBRkKWMAFHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| > Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the
contents
| > of internal or memory cards.
| >
| > Chris
| >
| > --
| > Chris Watts
| > Please reply via the newsgroup/mailing list - that way we all
benefit from
| > the discussion.
| > Private, or personal, messages should begin the Subject line with
[NEWS]
| > to
| > ensure that they pass my spam trap.
| >
| >
|
|

 

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"alan smith" <alan@REMOVEmral.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Or use a card reader and do it on your PC using the free Windows
> utilities. Or Norton if you have that. Or whatever PC program you use.
>
>
> "Copper Trail" <coppertrail@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:m6DId.379$al1.326@lakeread07...
> | You can use a utility called Pocket Mechanic to analyze and
> defragment your
> | Memory Card(s)
> |
> | "Chris Watts" <ng@ctwatts.plus.com> wrote in message
> | news:uBRkKWMAFHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> | > Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the
> contents
> | > of internal or memory cards.
> | >
> | > Chris
> | >

To defragment a memory card, I find the easiest thing to do is copy all the
files from your card to your desktop, delete the files on the storage card,
and copy the files back to the card. This will defragment the files on the
card. I'd recommend using a memory card reader attached to a usb 2.0
desktop.

Good luck.

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"Sitruc" <sitruc@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:e1PopckAFHA.2880@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> "alan smith" <alan@REMOVEmral.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:csvj03$8im$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Or use a card reader and do it on your PC using the free Windows
> > utilities. Or Norton if you have that. Or whatever PC program you use.
> >
> >
> > "Copper Trail" <coppertrail@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:m6DId.379$al1.326@lakeread07...
> > | You can use a utility called Pocket Mechanic to analyze and
> > defragment your
> > | Memory Card(s)
> > |
> > | "Chris Watts" <ng@ctwatts.plus.com> wrote in message
> > | news:uBRkKWMAFHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > | > Can you, should you, run a disk compaction program to tidy up the
> > contents
> > | > of internal or memory cards.
> > | >
> > | > Chris
> > | >
>
> To defragment a memory card, I find the easiest thing to do is copy all
the
> files from your card to your desktop, delete the files on the storage
card,
> and copy the files back to the card. This will defragment the files on
the
> card. I'd recommend using a memory card reader attached to a usb 2.0
> desktop.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Sitruc

Thanks to everybody for their most helpful replies.

Chris