<DIV>Why is that? What if there is a bad sector on the hard drive that needs to be "ignored"?</DIV>
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<DIV>Mo<BR><BR><B><I>David Goodwin &lt;david@codepoets.co.uk&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>&gt; Hi folk<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; I am sorry if this sounds a bit newbie, but how do I scan and defrag the<BR>&gt; hard disc under Linux??<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Thanks<BR>&gt;<BR><BR>there's normally no need.<BR><BR>david<BR>-- <BR><BR>http://codepoets.co.uk/david<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Wolves LUG mailing list<BR>Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/<BR>Mailing list: Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>Mailing list home: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com"><b> 
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