Posted by J Brockley on 03/26/06 05:21

"P T" <Petepenguin@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:18095-44260AD8-843@storefull-3132.bay.webtv.net...
>I bought a Panasonic dvd recorder w/ 80g HD. I promptly filled the HD,
> then deleted a program here or there, then 1/2 a show or two, and edited
> commercials out of some shows, etc., etc. It seems to me I am
> fragmenting my disc. Does anyone know if these recorders benefit from
> erasing the entire HD from time to time?

Probably not, I believe the blocks allocated on the hard drive are a lot
bigger than on a PC. The would make sense as it only going to deal with a
relative few large files ie <100 as opposed to 1000s.

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