Posted by Rab on 12/04/05 12:04

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:55:59 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:07:44 -0000, "Rab" <rab67@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> the space from anything deleted is made available again
>>
>>I have always wondered what happens when that space is not large
>>enough for the program being recorded. Does the machine take time to
>>skip to the next available track, and thereby skip some program
>>content?
>
> No sooner did I post the above comment than I reaized that we are
> talking about a hard disk and not a DVD disk. Of course the
> reclamation process is seamless - that's how disk operating systems
> work.
>
> So in response to your earlier comment, namely " the space from
> anything deleted is made available again" I should have noted that "of
> course it is available again - that's how disk operating systems
> work".
>
The point I was trying to make was that it really is deleted not merely
hidden and skipped over by the player - thus possibly causing a delay

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