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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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>What programme was used to create the database file?
It's called Promasoft - it's an autoresponder program
I use to manage my ezine.
> Is the free space fragmented?
No... not according to the XP defrag application.
> What else is on the drive? Pagefile? Windows XP files?
Yes to both. As well as program files. I wanted to
keep all programs in its own partition as I wouldn't
be backing them up.
>What other drives / partitions and free space is available?
The drive I have WinXP, pagefile and program files is 80 gig
partitioned into 3.
5 gigs free on c:
19 gigs free on e:
1 meg free on g:
I have another drive also partitioned into 4 x 20 gigs.
with 2 partitions almost full and 2 empty.
Would it help to move the autoresponder program and database to the
other drive onto an empty partition?
Thanks for your help!
Ray
Gerry Cornell - 30 Dec 2005 19:28 GMT
Ray
Primasoft. You are mixing data files with your system files,
which goes against the principles of partitioning. They are
very large files, which are presumably constantly changing
so they will fragment rapidly. Does the Primasoft programme
not allow for data files to be placed elsewhere leaving the
programme files where they are?
Many advocates of partitioning put the pagefile in it's own
partition, with that partition being the first partition on the
second drive. You need, however, to keep a small pagefile
on the "Windows" drive.
http://aumha.org/a/parts.htm
Your g partition with only 1 mb free space looks odd
without knowing the partition size and purpose!
Moving the Primasoft data files could reduce the frequency
of running Disk Defragmenter on your system partition. It is
certainly worth trying.

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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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> >What programme was used to create the database file?
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> Thanks for your help!
> Ray