Re: Defrag for NTFS

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From: Jim Vaughan
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00

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Well the real question is not if NTFS gets fragmented, the answer to that 
is obvious. The real question is, does this fragmentation effect access 
speed as much as fragmentation of a FAT partition? 

I use Diskeeper from executive software. About three weeks ago I re-
installed NT (don't ask why) and forgot to reinstall Diskeeper. After a 
week of use I re-installed Diskeeper, the system the following morning 
(the defrag runs at night) felt noticeably faster. 

So I guess even on NTFS, fragmentation causes a slowdown. Is it as bad as 
FAT, that I do not know. 

In article <MPG.fea19ae1e524bf49896ea@news.frii.com>, bbrooks@frii.comm 
says...
> I don't know who came up with this idea.. probably some goon in 
> marketing. NTFS seems to get as much or MORE fragmented than FAT 
> partitions. In my experience anyway. 
> 
> 

-- 
Jim Vaughan
Redondo Beach, CA
ICQ 4493332
jvaughan@jps.net

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From: jvaughan@jps.net (Jim Vaughan)
Subject: Re: Defrag for NTFS
Date: 1998/06/11
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