On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > NTFS needs defragmentation because of the way it stores data. It does not > allow space for a file to grow so when it is changed pieces need to be > added > elsewhere and the disk has to search and that slows transfer rates. NTFS > came out in 1993. It has been improved, but it is still lacking IMO. Any > Windows computer will slow down over time unless you take steps to maintain > it. Windows 7 is no different. > > BTW, Ext files systems store data differently. It allows room for a file to > grow. Data is spaced out and silently moved in the background as needed. > Defragmentation is unneeded provided that you do not fill your drive past > 80%. Then it loses options and will have no choice but to put data where it > can. Defragmentation in Windows is a picnic compared to Linux. There are > few > utilities because it is so rare. But if you need one then you need to > familiarise yourself with the commandline. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > A further update. I tried the suggestions that you gave, Roy. I could not > make anything happen. Here is what gparte shows > First there is the nfts partition...then the unallocated space followed by the extended partition then the linux swap partition and lastly the ext4 partition. I cannot move the unallocated to be adjacent to the ext4. Hope this info sheds some light on this problem. Jim
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