Yes. Having less of a problem than FAT does not mean that it is not a concern. Because I am less fat than my father does not mean that I don't have a problem with weight.
Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 15 January 2011 06:36, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > "dbneeley" <dbneeley@...> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Paul" <pfrederick1@> wrote: > > > > > I heard that NTFS did not need to be defragmented like vfat did, and > the only reason Microsoft still ships defrag is because people ask for it, > not because you actually need it. > > > > You heard wrong. > > > > David > > > > Apparently I am not the only one. This was exactly what I heard from about > the same time frame too: > > "The superior disk management capabilities of NTFS mean that fragmentation > is reduced compared to FAT. Unfortunately, this led to a popular myth--that > NTFS volumes have no fragmentation, and therefore never need > defragmentation. Microsoft unwittingly exacerbated this problem by not > providing any utility to defragment NTFS partitions in Windows NT, implying > that defragmentation was unnecessary." > > From: > http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/relFrag-c.html > > Technically it is TRUE in my case being as I've NEVER defragmented an NTFS > partition in my life and I have not suffered in any way. But then again I > don't do Windows and that might have something to do with it ... > > Shame Microsoft still has a negative impact on my life anyways though. > Thanks Dave. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
