Re: defrag floppy

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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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