Re: Defrag for NTFS? Recommended tool?

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From: Chris Phillipo
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 00:00

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Ed H. wrote:
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> How could defragging make the situation worse?
> 
> "William W. Plummer" <wplummer@V-sign.com> wrote:
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> >I don't like the Norton product, although I don't have a better
> >recommendation.   I found that repeatedly running defrag doesn't improve
> >things.  In fact, sometimes it makes the situation worse.  Try it!  --Bill

If you run defrag while other things are going on, the increased I/O
does indeed cause more fragmantation than when you started.

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From: Chris Phillipo <delmecphillip@cbnet.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: Defrag for NTFS?  Recommended tool?
Date: 1998/09/05
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