File Transfer & Defrag Integrity?

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From: zag (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 05:54:55 -0700

mark -

Your files maintain their integrity as you move them
around, otherwise they would soon quit working at all.
This remains true also after defrag which is a process
of taking somewhat scattered portions of a file and
rearranging them contiguously so that the hard drive
can read them more efficiently.
Imagine that you compose your opus and give every
measure an identifying number, but that you write them
down in various places in your manuscript book. You
could, of course, play the piece, but rather awkwardly.
After you "defrag" the music... it reads much smoother.

z -----------------------------------------------------

>-----Original Message-----
><b>People,</b>
>
>I utilize my PC as a DAW; & am trying to balance audio
file location (on the
>HD) as it relates to efficiency of operation, vs. the
continual
>relocation/rewriting of those files. I understand that
audio files are
>comprised of only numbers, but I wonder about the
integrity of those numbers
>as they are rewritten from location to location (some
audiophiles say
>rewritten files are compromised...others say there is no
change,
>whatsoever.)
>
>So here are my questions:
>
>First, a simple one: My native DAW (SONAR XL) is
configured to place audio
>files specific to a project's folder. Sometimes it
becomes necessary to
>move audio clips between projects.
>
>So...is it correct to assume that...if I select &
<i>copy</i> a file from
>one folder (in Windows Explorer); & paste it into another
folder...the data
>is re-written? (so that there are then two complete files
in two different
>locations?) Is it also correct to assume that...if I
select & <i>cut</i> a
>file from one folder; & paste it into another folder...the
location of that
>cut file does not change (on the HD), but only the
<i>path</i> to that file
>changes?
>
>Second: In defragmentation, I understand that files are
relocated on a
>contiguous framework, but what is the nature of the
continuity? Is it
>correct to assume that they are relocated with ease of
operation (for the
>associated application) as the consideration? And...to
follow up relative
>to question 1, after I move certain audio clips around
within a project in
>the application; & also move audio files from folder to
folder, I assume
>they all rearranged in a "contiguous" order the next time
I defragment the
>HD?
>
>Thanks,
>
><b>mark4man</b>
>
>
>.
>