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Broooz
We don't do the job for thanks, and we rarely get any (applies to all who
volunteer here).. so your message is accepted with a smile.. thanks..
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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
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"Broooz" <reply@newsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:QiRfe.28819$G8.16487@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Greg I totally disagree. I have found these groups tremendously helpful.
> Inevitably responses get compressed but for you to interpret that as
> attitude is unreasonable. The response you got was helpful - to me
> anyway - and I suggest you re-read it.
>
> I think Mike Hall must be special in terms of this group to take up his
> own spare time to write responses to people like you that don't have any
> gratitude and to be frank, do appear to have an attitude.
>
> "Greg" <gafrazier@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:Qyvfe.9561$7F4.1722@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> Shenan,
>> Thank you very much for the explanation. Now I understand amd appreciate
>> it.
>> Semms like Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" has a real attitude problem.
>> Must think he is something special.
>> And I will not return to this newsgroup.
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eV74Eg%23UFHA.544@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Greg wrote:
>>>> Can someone tell me how to defrag a floppy with win xp, Was easy
>>>> with win 98 but I am stuck on this one.
>>>
>>> Shenan Stanley wrote> Why?
>>>> There's no real need nor advantage to defragmenting something as
>>>> small as a floppy diskette.
>>>
>>> Greg wrote:
>>>> For Shenan;\
>>>> So you are not going to tell me how to defrag a floppy, just ask why?
>>>> I was told these newsgroups were helpful, but I guess your ego just
>>>> got in the way.
>>>
>>> No ego. Just trying to point out that just because it is/was possible
>>> to do - it doesn't make it right/necessary/desired.
>>>
>>> Being so small, the easiest way - as always (and safest) is to copy the
>>> information off the diskette onto your hard drive, format the diskette
>>> (full) and copy the information back to the floppy. There is just not
>>> that much space on a floppy diskette and moving things around on this
>>> "self-destructive" media is dangerous at best. I have personally
>>> witnessed way too many students at college lose their work because they
>>> were working directly off floppy disks - which just does not work well
>>> with Microsoft Office products.. (Temp files and such without warning
>>> fill up the diskette, user tries to save, no space, office locks up -
>>> two hours of work gone.. Or they leave the diskette in their backpack
>>> and *poof*, "something" happens, cannot read the diskette, even on a
>>> Macintosh.)
>>>
>>> Perhaps this is one of the reasons the ability to defragment such media
>>> has been removed from the OS series. There has to be reasons this type
>>> of media is going away - and in my opinion it is size, reliability,
>>> storage (actual physical size/weight) and compatibility. Many times, a
>>> floppy disk drive is a special order item on new PCs now.
>>>
>>> My suggestion is to not store anything on floppy diskettes. Invest in
>>> CD-R/CD-RWs - which many times are actually CHEAPER than floppy
>>> diskettes and definitively hold more. They also do not have
>>> fragmentation problems nor are they as easily destroyed/messed up and
>>> there are very FEW machines that do not have CD drives - so
>>> compatibility is not at issue.
>>>
>>> --
>>>>=- Shenan -=<
>>>>=- MS MVP -=<
>>> --
>>> The information above is intended to assist you; however, it is
>>> suggested you research for yourself before you take any advice - you
>>> are the one ultimately responsible for your actions/problems/solutions.
>>> Whenever possible, the advice will include the method/places used in
>>> compiling the answer. Also, questions may have been asked to clarify
>>> your situation OR to give you an idea of where to look - do not dismiss
>>> them lightly.
>>>
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