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Article #66Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode
From: Todd
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
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Tom MacIntyre wrote in message <37c2b711.14064083@news1.ns.sympatico.ca>... >"Aaron" <chaaron@lave.net> wrote: > >>>I disagree, and so do you, Rod, since you deign to answer the post in >>>your next post...Hyper, a good post, and the only scenario that I >>>would add is that fragmentation also occurs as files (data, text) grow >>>in size, past increments of the cluster size, where the next cluster >>>is no longer available. This type of event is more likely on a FAT32 >>>drive with its smaller clusters, if there are many smaller data/text >>>files being generated. >>> >>>Tom >> >>Great point Tom. I had thought to explain that fragmentation happens >>this way too, but found that Rod can't handle the mental imaging of >>files getting larger. Never thought to correlate it to the smaller cluster >>of FAT32. Of course more fragmentation would occur with a cluster >>size of 4KB instead of 16KB. As you add to a report or database, >>the file will be fragmented all over the drive. > >Thanks...I've found fragmentation to be a bit more severe since I >converted, but I don't have any quantitative data, just a sense that >that's the case. The one thing that has been frequent, and annoying, >with FAT32 is the incorrect reporting of free space. > >Tom Well think about it Tom, your using smaller clusters, right. Empty clusters fill up as fast as they become available. So now you have more clusters available to fill. Know what I mean?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108c83,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-Thread: 100597,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid100597,public X-Google-Thread: 1070cf,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1070cf,public X-Google-Thread: 1020d9,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020d9,public X-Google-Thread: fde9e,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfde9e,public X-Google-Thread: f42b5,5f6974e49456f2b4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf42b5,public From: "Todd" <Post_to_group_only@nospam.com> Subject: Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode Date: 1999/08/25 Message-ID: <rs7jpqrk7r34@corp.supernews.com> X-Deja-AN: 516965310 References: <7pa1p4$32i$1@ffx2nh5.news.uu.net> <ET5u3.3532$O_1.20832@ozemail.com.au> <37B8FA7A.63CBEE72@snip.net> <7pbg26$1p8$1@mochi.lava.net> <LZku3.3975$O_1.24517@ozemail.com.au> <rrkt80ge3uk62@corp.supernews.com> <KDwu3.4394$O_1.26477@ozemail.com.au> <7pgnc8$dd7$1@mochi.lava.net> <b8%u3.5129$O_1.34931@ozemail.com.au> <7pivo2$n65$1@mochi.lava.net> <aNmv3.5785$O_1.42099@ozemail.com.au> <7povsr$adq$1@mochi.lava.net> <mc0w3.6887$O_1.48574@ozemail.com.au> <37C0B916.67BA455@snip.net> <4q8w3.7188$O_1.49659@ozemail.com.au> <37c13471.215881163@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> <7pu7gj$7pn$1@mochi.lava.net> <37c2b711.14064083@news1.ns.sympatico.ca> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Newsgroups: alt.certification.mcse,alt.computer,alt.os.windows95,alt.windows95,alt.windows98,aus.computers X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com