Posted by J Brockley on 03/02/06 08:01

You'll probably find the minimum cluster size is a lot larger than on a PC
so fragamentation is probably not an issue. If you think about it unlike a
PC this drive only has to hold in the order of 100 files. I suspect a test
would be to record heaps of 5 minute clips and see when it runs out. You
might find there are not that many clusters.

Panasonic hints at this with on a
"Mike O'Sullivan" <mike@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:46lv22Fb765qU1@individual.net...
> Having used a Panasonic hard disc recorder for some months and making full
> use it its' editing facilities it occurs to me that there is no facilty
> for de-fragging the HD. Is this an issue that could cause problems, as
> computer hard discs need de-fragging frequently?

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