Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 3 years agoLet's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space.raduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down15
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkLet's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space.raduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squarexmanmonk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 years agoWhich came first, DriveSpace or Norton Speed Disk? I thought Norton was first.
minus-squareLucyLastic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoDidn’t speed disk do an optimised defragment operation, putting OS files at the start of the drive etc
minus-squareDecipher0771@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoDifferent tools. Speed disk was a disk defragmenter, DriveSpace was whole disk compression. The Norton tool you’d have used a lot if you used DriveSpace was Norton Disk Doctor.
Which came first, DriveSpace or Norton Speed Disk? I thought Norton was first.
I believe so yes
Didn’t speed disk do an optimised defragment operation, putting OS files at the start of the drive etc
Different tools. Speed disk was a disk defragmenter, DriveSpace was whole disk compression. The Norton tool you’d have used a lot if you used DriveSpace was Norton Disk Doctor.