Re: Defrag for NTFS

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From: John A. Limpert
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 00:00

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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:18:29 GMT, nospam@usit.net (Ed H.) wrote:

>bodo@interlog.com (Byron Bodo) wrote:
>>NTFS was an outgrowth of HPFS.  In contrast to HPFS, it's supposed
>>to be a "journaling" file system whatever that means.  Also
>
>It means in the event of a system crash during a change to a file,
>NTFS can roll the file back to its last "complete" state.  You may
>lose what was happening during the crash, but it doesn't leave the
>file in a half changed (often useless) state.

From what I've read, NTFS does not journal changes to files, only
changes to file system metadata. This ensures that the file system is
consistent after a crash but it doesn't prevent the corruption of the
contents of a file.

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John A. Limpert        Mein Luftkissenfahrzueg ist mit Aale besetzt.
johnl@Radix.Net

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