SAFEPACK: The SAFE Shareware Disk Defragmenter
 
Most PC users fail to get the best performance from their hard disks, as
many of the files are scattered around the disk as several fragments. The
DOS and Windows manuals advise users to defragment their disks, yet
provide no utility to accomplish this, so SAFEPACK has been designed to
fill this gap in the shareware market.  Apart from its price, SAFEPACK has
an important advantage over some of the commercial utilities in that the
file structures remain valid at all stages of the procedure, thereby
protecting the data in the event of any interruption.
 
SAFEPACK offers the following unique combination of features:
 
1) Immunity from Interruption
 
Some well known commercial defragmentation programs can cause chaos and
extensive loss of data if interrupted, but SAFEPACK is designed so that
the security of the data on the disk should not be affected by any kind of
interruption to its operation, whether this be user break-in, machine
malfunction, or even a power failure.
 
2) Works with all currently released DOS versions and disk types.
 
SAFEPACK works under any version of DS-DOS from 2.0 to 5.0, and any DR-DOS
up to 6.0.  It can cope with any type of disk drive (except those
compressed with Stacker/SuperStor etc), and can handle up to about 5000
files per disk.
 
3) Numerous Sorting Options
 
Files may be sorted by name, extension, age or length, and files within a
directory may be kept together for faster access. Further optimizations
include placing subdirectories in the DOS PATH at the start of a disk, and
putting EXE & COM files at the start of a directory. For regular use,
SAFEPACK may be instructed only to move those files that are currently
fragmented.
 
4) Defragmentation of Free Disk Space
 
This enables the largest possible Windows permanent swap file to be
created, as advised in the Windows manual.
 
5) Suitability for Unattended Use
 
SAFEPACK may, if required, be run entirely from the command-line.  In this
mode it requires no user input, and is suitable for inclusion in batch
files.
 
6) Registration is only nine pounds (Sterling), inclusive of postage
 
Payment is accepted by credit or charge card, making payment easy,
irrespective of the purchaser's native currency.
 
About the Author:
 
D J Harvey Software is a trading name of David Harvey, who wrote this
program initially for his own use as he failed to find any other suitable
program on the market, and has subsequently developed it for commercial
release.  David Harvey is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP).
 
The program may readily be obtained from Compuserve, in the IBMHW forum (DL
1), under the name SAFPAK.ZIP, and may also be found on GENie, and other
ASP member bulletin boards as SAFPAK12.ZIP.  Over Internet, it may be
retrieved by anonymous FTP from uarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) as
/mirrors/msdos/dskutl/safpak12.zip .
 
SAFEPACK has been distributed to all major shareare vendors, and should
soon start appearing in their catalogues.
 
Reviewers who have difficulty obtaining a copy of the program, or who have
any questions may contact the author as below:
 
Compuserve:   100031,627
Internet:     harveydj@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone:    + 44 222 552588
Fax:          + 44 222 743029
Mail:         D J Harvey Software,
              PO Box 14,
              Cardiff CF4 6XW.
              UK
 
Version      : 1.2
Release Date : 28 Jun 1992

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