> I would like to regularly run defragmentation during night hours.

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>> I would like to regularly run defragmentation during night hours.
>
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> almost silent because the files were all clustered together (no pun
> intended).
But I would recommend using XP's Task Scheduler to simply schedule it to
run with the appropriate flags.
As for "because the files were all clustered together", that simply
creates more need for more defrags than is neccessary. Fragmentation
begins to happen within the first few writes to the disk, where as when
there are spaces between the file sets, the OS can more quickly find a
place to dop a file. Remember, the registry is being read and written
to constantly, so even if you don't create files, fragmentation is going
to start happening.
I never heard of JKDefrag but if it's any good it will have options for
putting things on the beginning, first, mid, last, and the end of the
sector lists. Else it's not much good if it only does what you
describe. In general, IMO, using a 3rd part app to do what XP can do
well natively is just adding more opportunity for problems and
corruption to occur both on disk and in memory and in the registry.
Perhaps you should research the registry and its use a little?
HTH
a_nonymous - 28 Jul 2008 03:25 GMT
Swifty wrote:
>>... JKDefrag ... defragments the
>> files, but also moves them as close as possible to location 0, ...
> I never heard of JKDefrag but if it's any good it will have options for
> putting things on the beginning, first, mid, last, and the end of the
> sector lists.
By default, JkDefrag maintains a free space of 1% of total disk between zones:
directories (at start of disk), regular files, SpaceHogs
There are many options for optimizing, compacting, size of free space,
sorting, forcing all to start or end of disk, etc.
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
THE LORD - 28 Jul 2008 06:31 GMT
DISKEEPER IS THE BEST
> Swifty wrote:
>>>... JKDefrag ... defragments the
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> sorting, forcing all to start or end of disk, etc.
> http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
Twayne - 28 Jul 2008 17:08 GMT
No, it isn't. Go do your shouting somewhwere else; preferable outdoors.
> DISKEEPER IS THE BEST
>
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>> space, sorting, forcing all to start or end of disk, etc.
>> http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
THE LORD - 30 Jul 2008 06:17 GMT
well I hate to diagree. And y do you say its not.
> No, it isn't. Go do your shouting somewhwere else; preferable outdoors.
>
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>>> space, sorting, forcing all to start or end of disk, etc.
>>> http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
Shenan Stanley - 30 Jul 2008 07:00 GMT
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> DISKEEPER IS THE BEST
Twayne wrote:
> No, it isn't. Go do your shouting somewhwere else; preferable
> outdoors.
> well I hate to diagree. And y do you say its not.
Actually - given you claim it is 'the best', and you claimed that first in
this conversation - the need for you to explain your claim would come first.
Admittedly - in Windows XP itself is a cut-down version of Diskeeper.
However - in as many years as I have done this - although I recommend
defragmentation as a means of upkeep - I have found none that do their job
so much better than the rest as to encourage a purchase of a program to do
it.
JKDefrag is actually the first defragmentation product I decided to
recommend above just using the built-in functionality. Not because it does
such a spectacular job above and beyond that of the innate defragmentation
utility, but almost entirely because of its screensaver and price (free.)
;-)

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