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caskey_91:
Would it be safe to de frag my 30 gig ipod video (5th generation) It does have alot of fragmented files in it due to me always putting in ne w videos and such along with rockbox stuff. I just want to make sure it won't be damaged in any way at all.

NPswimdude500:

--- Quote from: caskey_91 on March 18, 2007, 07:54:45 PM ---Would it be safe to de frag my 30 gig ipod video (5th generation) It does have alot of fragmented files in it due to me always putting in ne w videos and such along with rockbox stuff. I just want to make sure it won't be damaged in any way at all.

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No, it won't be damaged. It really depends on the amount of fragmentation. Generally if it's less than 10%, you're okay but if it's more than that I usually defrag it. At the moment I'm defragging my PC (not the one I'm posting on) which is 67% fragmented.

That's the other thing - when it's defragging, don't use it. Plug it in as well - defragging can take a while....

whatchamacallit:
Hi all,

thank you very much for all the tips! So, I guess I'll try. I don't have any Defragger under Linux, either - under Linux you don't often have a lot of FAT drives, do you? - but I'll just use Windows and the built-in Defragger. And of course I'll analyse it first to see approximately how long it could take.
Another question in that direction, then: Would it be possible to reformat the whole thing in ext format and then put Rockbox on it again? Would that destroy the original firmware? I wouldn't mind so much - I booted it a while ago because my wife used it and something didn't work in Rockbox and I realized I had forgotten what the buttons are in the original - but anyway. C.p., ext would reduce/ eliminate the need for defragging, no?
Regards,

whatchamacallit

Llorean:
Rockbox only supports FAT32, so an ext drive wouldn't work with Rockbox.

whatchamacallit:
Too bad. Well, I defragged it a while ago and it's fine now.
Thanks anyway!
Regards,

whatchamacallit

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