Ya MAC loving hippy...Quote:
Originally Posted by DocPC
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Ya MAC loving hippy...Quote:
Originally Posted by DocPC
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Originally Posted by +Daemon+
Looks like you need a boot-time pass to consolidate your system files and directories, also to move the pagefile to the outer rim of the drive.
Do this and you will see better performance from the drive.
What he really means is that there is no helping them....Quote:
Originally Posted by DocPC
Deepblu - to which rim do you refer?Quote:
Originally Posted by deepblu
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
NooNoo .. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Pacific Rim .. you? :)
Im serious deepblu - the rim of the hard drive platter? Which one? Which side of the platter?
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
I have the feeling that I am about to be "re-educated" .. so with that in mind, here goes..
"On a 3.5" diameter disk, the innermost track is about 3" long and the outermost about 11" long. So you can read almost 4 times as much data from one revolution of the outermost track"
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Originally Posted by deepblu
yup most definitely - the read is well worth it.
That's some good info...Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
So , is not the lower density of the outside tracks compensated by the higher velocity?
along with zoning and goodness knows what else, yes
ok .. tell us about Paging file placement if you would pleaseQuote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
I have absolutely no clue how to place a file on a particular area of the drive, I leave that the to file system.
Sooner or later it had to happen, the laws of Windrivers state that. I agreed with something you said. Miracles happen at this time of year, I know that now ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by inferno_gn
That is correct, defrag in 2k/xp is by exexutive software done under contract to MS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matridom
Diskeeper however is aproximatly 3 times faster, more thurough and can defrag more then one hard disk at a time, it includes; Boot time defrag, frag guard and the set & forget... All make diskeeper worth every penny to purchase it.
My servers are set to defrag nightly, my laptop defrags whenever i get around to it.. wich comes out to about monthly.[/QUOTE]
I was in the beta test team for diskeeper 7 both for the personal version and network version. Ended up getting both full versions as a kind of reward for participation. Network version is cool, nice to defrag workstations from a centralized location. Unfortunately if only came with a 5 user license but at least that was exactly what I needed for my home network.
I've also tried perfect disk which is pretty decent although I still prefer diskeeper.
Zoning being what happens to me when people start discussing HDD theory :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
It's not just the mac, I haven't defragged the pc's since 1996 either :rolleyes: