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larry_llama:

--- Quote from: ryran on March 14, 2007, 03:45:35 PM ---Don't know how big the h310's hard drive is or how fast your usb connection is, but if you scan it and it is pretty fragmented, you'd probably be better off wiping it and re-copying everything over in one go than letting windows' defrag util play with it for eons.

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Agreed... if the drive is badly fragmented, this method would probably do less to shorten the drive life (fewer read/write cycles)

bk:

--- Quote ---
--- Code: ---tar cf /tmp/tempH120 /mount/H120
rm -r /mount/H120
cd /mount/H120
tar xf /tmp/tempH120
rm /tmp/tempH120

--- End code ---

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Hm. Yeah, I should've thought of that. But even realizing I could I probably still won't bother. :)

Multiplex:

--- Quote from: bk on March 14, 2007, 08:14:37 PM ---
--- Code: ---tar cf /tmp/tempH120 /mount/H120
rm -r /mount/H120
cd /mount/H120
tar xf /tmp/tempH120
rm /tmp/tempH120

--- End code ---

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Surely this will only work if the Linux FAT driver automatically Defrags the free space list (maybe it does and I'm embarrasing myself) - Windows doesn't

Getting dangerously far from Rockbox though ...

Mikerman:
Some users at Misticriver have recommended, instead of defragging, deleting the files on the player (after having copied them to a backup disk) and then simply copying them back.  

Sambolina3:
I never defrag my 30 gb 5th gen ipod, mainly because I end up reformating it on a regular basis bacause  I somehow mess it up ;D.

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