Re: After XP SP3 pemanently fragmented files

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Robert Moir wrote:
Stephen Ford wrote:
PC= 2.8MHz Celeron + 1GB ram + loads disc space
I have pemanently fragmented files. The defragmentation tool says the
relevant file names are in the report but nothing is listed. Files
defragmented properly prior to SP3 (which was SP2). Coincidence?

The PC is fairly clean. Very little runs at start-up and nothing new
operates compared with the setup with SP2.

If you're not actually having a problem with the way the computer is
operating then I'd suggest not worrying too much about the defragger
muttering over a couple of files.

To some people, a fragmented file is like having a set of encyclopedia
with a paperback copy of "Bawdy Tales of King Arthur's Knights" stuck
between the volumes "PQ" and "R".

It's just not seemly.

If you introduced a tool that could display the physical location
of each file on the the disk then some people would go to extreme
lengths to ensure that all files belonging to a specific folder were
stored on adjacent disk clusters. It would make no difference to
the PC's performance but it would satisfy their sense of tidiness.
As Robert suggested, life is too short to worry about such
irrelevant matters.


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