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    defragmentation

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by murawski1315, May 3, 2007.

  1. murawski1315

    murawski1315 Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    I use diskkeeper 2007 to defrag my hard drive, and while it does a good job, it leaves huge gaps at the front of the hard drive where it wont put files, but it just consolidates files to the inside of the hard drive. Ne ideas on how to get all my files put together on the outside of the disk to speed it up?
     
    murawski1315, May 3, 2007
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  2. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    The whole "put files at the start of the disk" performance boost is a bit overrated. Its not going to make any really noticeable difference for the most part. All defragmentation really does is to ensure your individual files aren't fragmented. Where on the disk they're located doesn't matter, as long as they're one single chunk of data.
    Of course, a defragger *might* also compact your data (stuffing everything into the beginning of the drive, for example, but that's not technically defragmenting. :)

    I don't know if you can make diskkeeper do this though. I know O&O can do it though (just select Space as defrag mode)
     
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