Re: Defrag for NTFS

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From: Greg Askew
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00

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Even copying from one disk to another will not necessarily 
copy the files in a contiguous fashion.  Neither will a backup
and restore of the drive.
--
Greg Askew
gba@REMOVE-THISmindspring.com

Matthew Kruk wrote:
> 
> Larry E. Hayes wrote:
> >
> > NTFS should perform a defrag as part of it's normal process functioning.
> > This is a major concept of an NTFS.  The only time you would need a defrag
> > program would be if you choose to use the FAT instead of NTFS.  I could be
> > wrong about this.  However, the information regarding NTFS should be
> > correct according to my training on NT.
> 
> Based on what I've been told, NTFS does not perform a defrag and the
> only way to do so is something to the effect of "copy from one hard disk
> to another and then back".
> 
> However, I have found Norton Utilities for NT (2.0) does a decent job of
> optimizing (though it is slow).

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Date: 1998/06/28
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