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Never defrag NTFS
Name: Steve Date: November 6, 2000 at 08:02:09 Pacific
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I have never run a defrag on my NTFS drive (2 years) Is defragmenting NTFS necessary? Since NT 4.0 does not seem to come with a Defragmenting tool, what should I use? What happens if I never do? Is this really a problem, or do I only risk slower performance?
Name: K. Soe Moe Date: November 6, 2000 at 08:56:00 Pacific
Reply:
All depend. Try Diskeeper. You can get Diskeeper lite for free and you can upgrade if you like it. You can download it from cnet or similar sites.
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Response Number 2
Name: Steve Date: November 6, 2000 at 09:31:44 Pacific
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Thanks, One question remains... is my file structure in danger if I don't defrag?
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Response Number 3
Name: Jay Date: November 6, 2000 at 09:44:13 Pacific
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To my knowledge you won't notice as big a degradation of performnce with an NTFS partition as a FAT partiion. but I agree obtain diskeeper lite. Defag could damage your files
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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Date: November 6, 2000 at 09:44:15 Pacific
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Response Number 5
Name: Carlos Date: November 7, 2000 at 16:19:59 Pacific
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Stuff Diskeeper or Diskeeper lite.
try a nice little product called O&O Defrag.
You can also download a crack for it if you dont want to see the "Buy Me" bug screen.
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