Re: Disk Defragmenter

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There are countless permutations.

If there is isn't activity adding memory will not enhance performance.
There is an opposite counter for every point either of us can advance.
Increase capacity v reduce demand etc.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Unknown wrote:
Depending on the amount of RAM you have, (perhaps 256meg) adding more
can make a significant difference regardless of the CPU speed.
Replacing an old HD with a modern one will not give a noticeable
boost unless of course there is significant disk activity. (many
movements of the access arm). "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:uRlQwt2$HHA.4612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Isn't it the combination of Disk CleanUp and Disk Defragmenter that
makes the difference.

What is true is that there are many factors which affect system
performance. The key is knowing where the bottlenecks are? You can
add memory but if you do not have a high enough CPU what difference
will it make? You do not often read about disk read / write speeds
but replacing an old hard drive with a modern one might give a boost.

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laginan wrote:
I would agree with Sareth. Some people never defrag their drives for
years and will probably not know the difference it can make, some
others cant run their systems without defragging very often if they
do a lot of disk intensive activities, they call it a disk disease.
I have found that PC response is much better when you keep the
fragmentation to a minimum. The best thing is to simply analyze the
drive every now and then,you will know when to run it.


Unknown;2978655 Wrote:
Good point for laptops.
"sareth" sareth.13d7e19@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
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Unknown;2977633 Wrote:-
There is no recommended frequency. You won't notice very much speed
increase
in your computer either.
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While I dont think that defragging will magically improve speed to
150%
, I do think that with regular defragging, any performance
degradation
attributable to fragmentation can be -avoided-. So, defragging
regularly never hurts; at worst if there is no significant
fragmentation (i.e. nothing to defragment), then the defragger will
quit after a few seconds. Total time wasted = few seconds. My
defragger
is automatic, so I don't even worry about defragging...I just let
it do
it's thing as it needs to without bugging me.
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However, every mechanical device has an estimated or calculated
life expectancy.
Suppose the calculated life expectancy is one billion seeks of the
access
arm.
Wouldn't it be better to do one seek as opposed to 10?
For this reason I defrag about once per week. I.E. Minimize the
access
arm
motions.
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Absolutely true. Logically looking at it, defragging can help to
prolong the life of a drive, and possibly save a few bucks in
premature
hardware replacement costs. Higher fragmentation can also increase
power
consumption due to (probably) unnecessary actuator arm movements
and lead to increased heat generation. While this may not seem
like a big deal on a desktop, it can be quite important for
laptops where every bit of juice is precious. There was an intel
paper on this very subject
which compared power consumption between fragmented and
unfragmented drives. I dont have it bookmarked, but I think it
still ought to be on
the intel site if you search there.




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