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Re:Defrag Like It's 1993 by aidenn0 on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:14AM (#29588097)
A fragmented hard drive was so much faster than a defragmented floppy disk that I was happy either way.
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Re:Defrag Like It's 1993 by nirav72 on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:48AM (#29588331)
Also quieter. I remember the satisfaction I felt after defragging the drive and no longer hearing the driving thrashing around on the smallest read operation.
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