Re: Defragging

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Are you referring to one programme or more than one?

I am sure there are other programmes where compaction
before defragmentation is helpful. I only mention Outlook
Express because many use it and I know from personal
experience what impact it can have.

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Gerry
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"Porn Addict" <c232200@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.01.06.17.22.23.293000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:04:53 +0000, Gerry Cornell wrote:
>
>> Steve
>>
>> The amount of free space is very important when running Disk
>> Defragmenter. A minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is
>> desirable if the drive / partition
>> contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second
>> and third
>> time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put
>> files more prone to
>> fragment in their own partitions.
>>
>> If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
>> running
>> Disk Defragmenter is helpful.
>>
>
> ThumbsPlus is also a problem IF the user does not:
> file/database/compact--- before defrag.
>
> Actually the user neeeds to select a DRIVE, right click on it, scroll down
> to "Remove Orphans" then "All Local Disks" BEFORE compacting.
>
> Remove Orphans - Compact Database - then run Windows Defrag
>
> Newsbin: Groups/Compress Stored Posts.
>
> Grabit: Edit/Preferences/History -
> Read through this and make your choices based on your usage and the
> servers--- completion rate.


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