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> From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 13 Aug 2000 12:07:50 -0700
> 
> Does DJGPP set the hidden or system bits on anything?

No, of course not.

> This is the usual reason for immovability wrt defragmenters, IME.
> Hmm... swapfile?

Too many unmovable clusters usually mean lost or cross-linked clusters
and other similar calamities.  One should run CHKDSK or SCANDISK (or
similar tools) before running the defragger.

DJGPP programs can leave lost clusters behind them if a program uses
up more RAM than is physically available, starts paging, and then
crashes.  The parts of disk used by CWSDPMI for a swap file become
lost clusters.  I usually run CHKDSK right after the crash.