Can't run PageDefrag in Windows 7

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:15:45 -0500, R. C. White wrote:

> Hi, Char.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. It mostly fits with what I already knew.
>
> Back in the day when 20 MB was a giant HDD and we were still using MS-DOS
> and FAT(12) and Peter Norton really wrote Norton Utilities, especially
> DiskEdit, I spent many tedious hours reading my disks, byte by byte. I was
> amazed at how much "erased" data was still there. Nowadays, I seldom look
> that closely at my disks, but I'm confident that many of my secrets that I
> "deleted" months or even years ago are still there and readable by anyone
> with the right tools (Yes, they are still available and some are built right
> into Win7, as I'm sure you know.) and just a small amount of skill. (Even
> before MS-DOS and hard drives, I did the same things on floppies with
> SuperZap and other utilities for my TRS-80s. Aah...memories! <g> )
>
> RC

That's why I use Eraser, http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser

There are other such programs.

I usually only erase disks or their free space when I am finished with
them, especially if I'm going to give them away.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

 

[Bob I]

Date Created= the date that the file was created
Date Modified= the last time the file was saved

The practice? Defragging? Unless you created a large swapfile while
running a very fragmented hard drive, there would be no benefit. Nope it
stays right where it started, why would it move, that would be a
pointless waste of time.

On 7/8/2010 8:52 PM, R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, Bob.
>
> That's interesting! Could you explain what those dates mean? Does this
> change the practice I described? Does the page file move to a new
> location on each restart?
>
> RC