Slack

**sail3005** · Apr 20th, 2002, 03:30 PM

How can i get rid of slack on my harddrive?

also, what is it?

**filburt1** · Apr 20th, 2002, 03:33 PM

IIRC it's the space between files that is useless space. You can get rid of it with a disk defragger, but I only know for sure that Norton's defragger gets rid of it, don't know about the standard Windows one.

**sail3005** · Apr 20th, 2002, 03:44 PM

cool, i got the norton defragger. i'll run that tonight

**JungleMan** · Apr 20th, 2002, 03:53 PM

Why not use the defragger built into Windows?

BTW, tell me how long it takes to defrag that drive, being that we both have the D740X (awesome drive!

)

**sail3005** · Apr 20th, 2002, 03:57 PM

the defragger in windows blows. it is just a scaled down version of the norton speed disk anyway, it's not even microsoft.

the drive took forever to defrag, over an hour. but it really needed it.

Tygur · Apr 22nd, 2002, 08:47 PM

umm..slack? Defragging doesn't get rid of that. It's wasted space taken up because a file doesn't completely fill its last cluster. You can reduce the amount of wasted space, but you can't get rid of it. To reduce it, you have to repartition your hard drive (make smaller partitions) and/or change the format of the partition.

**Ambivalentiowa** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 04:24 AM

Why did you want to get rid of it when you didn't know what it was?

**plenderj** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 04:38 AM

Originally posted by Ambivalentiowa
Why did you want to get rid of it when you didn't know what it was?

Because as with a huge number of members of this online community, the principle of "a little information is dangerous" applies.
They know just enough to pretend they know what they're talking about, but in actual fact haven't a ****ing clue.

So I would say that most of the people who think they know everything there is to know about computers, would fail the original A+ exam miserably.

**Iain17** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:03 AM

Originally posted by plenderj

Because as with a huge number of members of this online community, the principle of "a little information is dangerous" applies.
They know just enough to pretend they know what they're talking about, but in actual fact haven't a ****ing clue.

So I would say that most of the people who think they know everything there is to know about computers, would fail the original A+ exam miserably.

Meanwhile you were born with a silver spoon stuck where the sun doesn’t shine and knowing it all obviously.

**plenderj** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:12 AM

Originally posted by Iain17

Meanwhile you were born with a silver spoon stuck where the sun doesn’t shine and knowing it all obviously.

My god, how did you guess ?
You know me so well!

Keep your ****ing nose out ya poof.
Its none of your business.
Now **** off

**Iain17** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:24 AM

LMAO. Please don’t hurt me you big scary man you. I’ll hit you with my handbag, just you wait.

Though at least now we know why you dislike poofs, its that spoon that is stuck up your arse.

**plenderj** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 05:26 AM

Yeah that must be it

**sail3005** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 06:27 AM

Ummmm...Ok. I was in a program, norton i think, and it said that i had a certain amount of space lost due to slack. I don't have to pass the "A+" computer exam to know that wasted space is a bad thing, so i wanted to get rid of it.

I'm soooooooo sorry mr. perfect, but if you had a problem with it, then why did you even post here in the first place.

**Ambivalentiowa** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 10:43 AM

Are you talking to me or Plenderj?

**sail3005** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 02:58 PM

plenderj. at least you wern't an ******* about it.

**Arbiter** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 07:55 PM

Ok, Plend went a little over the top - but let's not be as abusive as he was, ok?

**sail3005** · Apr 23rd, 2002, 08:02 PM

sounds good to me

**Ambivalentiowa** · Apr 24th, 2002, 04:52 AM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAight!

scoutt · Apr 24th, 2002, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by sail3005
cool, i got the norton defragger. i'll run that tonight

Sail, where did you get that?

**JungleMan** · Apr 24th, 2002, 04:42 PM

Originally posted by scoutt

Sail, where did you get that?

Not from a particular person's FTP because that particular person doesn't have it

scoutt · Apr 24th, 2002, 04:46 PM

doh!!

I mean dang it, I am soooo slowwww

**sail3005** · Apr 24th, 2002, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by scoutt

Sail, where did you get that?

bestbuy, amazingly

**JungleMan** · Apr 24th, 2002, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by sail3005

I'm buying my new Pee4 with a TNT2 at bestbuy, amazingly

Sail...problem fixed yet?

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