Re: After XP SP3 pemanently fragmented files

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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Stephen Ford" <StephenFord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oh dear, I missed the lot. I'm going to answer as much as I can

<<Do you have Windows Live Messenger installed? >>
yes, but disabled.

<<While having all files completely continguous might give you
a warm feeling of satisfaction, having a few fragmentend files
makes no measurable difference on the performance of your
PC - so why worry?>>
I'm amazed that people are saying that fragmenation makes not difference.
I
halved the response time of a laptop recently by defagging and it makes a
noticeable difference to my PC. If what I have always understood
fragmentation to be is still valid, which is bits of a file scattered
around
the disc, it can't do anything but slow the machine down. Although I'm
ready
to learn...

*** I said "having a FEW fragmentend files makes no measurable
*** difference". Try to measure the difference - you won't notice
*** anything!

The lap top had dozens of files - maybe hundreds - with 400+ fragments each
on an XP system. My PC has dozens of files >300 fragments after a week.

I would venture to suggest saying about the effects of fragmentation that
there will be a proportionally greater impact on speed when regularly used
files are highly fragmented (eg o/s and db files). I wouldn't expect to see a
difference with a highly fragmented WP or spread*** file.

What puzzles me is a note from the defragmenter about files left fragmented.
That just does not seem right, and in the absense of the file names (even
though the warning dialogue says the file names are in the report - but they
are not) I'm stuck for wondering what's going on.

It's like the garage saying "We serviced your car and the diagnostics say
there is a broken wire. The cost of the service is..." So most people I would
I think say, "So... which wire?" with the garage replying "Sorry, the
diagnostics didn't say..." And I feel that Windows is doing that in this case.
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