Defragmentation of message bases
I noted that the TB! message bases become _horrendously_ fragmented* (hardly a surprise, as they're continuously written to) and have worked out a way of fixing this easily without having to defragment the entire hard disk (NT4, Win2K or WinXP only). The drill is: 1. Download contig.exe (which allows you to defragment single files) from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/contig.shtml 2. Unpack it and, from a DOS prompt _with TB! closed_, type: contig -s -q C:\Program Files\The Bat!\MAIL\*.* This will grind away and come back to the DOS prompt sooner or later. In my case it produces a considerable speed improvement, particularly in backing up and compressing folders. Alastair * some files had over 400 fragments ... -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) Using Windows XP and The Bat! 1.54 Beta/42 -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Defragmentation of message bases
Hello Alastair, Saturday, February 23, 2002, 11:12:16 PM, you wrote: AS without having to defragment AS the entire hard disk (NT4, Win2K or WinXP only). so, is there any similar solution for WinME?? -- Best regards, Jasonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Defragmentation of message bases
On 23 February 2002 at 15:38 Jason wrote: Hello Alastair, Saturday, February 23, 2002, 11:12:16 PM, you wrote: AS without having to defragment AS the entire hard disk (NT4, Win2K or WinXP only). so, is there any similar solution for WinME?? Unfortunately not, because contig uses Windows system calls that aren't in 95, 98 or ME. (Unless someone, somewhere, has written a similar application for these flavours of Windows; unlikely and I can't find anything). Alastair PS I note that, on defragmenting, opening TB!, receiving _one_ email message, compressing, exiting TB! and defragmenting again, 5 out of 199 files in the MAIL directory and below are found to be fragmented on my (XP) system. That's a lot :( -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Defragmentation of message bases
Hello Alastair, On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 at 15:12:16 [GMT +] (which was 16:12 where I live) you wrote: AS I noted that the TB! message bases become _horrendously_ fragmented* AS contig -s -q C:\Program Files\The Bat!\MAIL\*.* I do the same but through a batch file without the Quite argument to redirect the result in a log file I only defrag messages.* files and run the batch every day with mstask AS In my case it produces a considerable speed improvement, particularly AS in backing up and compressing folders. here too, a base like TBUDL can be fragmented in more than 50 parts in a single day (even in NTFS) ! -- Regards, Alain [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat! 1.54 Beta/42 Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re: Defragmentation of message bases - Maybe OT
Alastair, On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, at 15:12:16 [GMT +] (which was 8:42 PM where I live) you wrote: AS This will grind away and come back to the DOS prompt sooner or later. AS In my case it produces a considerable speed improvement, particularly AS in backing up and compressing folders. In my case (I have not done a de-frag of the disk for over 2 months) and the de-frag using contig was over in a jiffy. And gave the following report Summary: Number of files processed : 327 Number of files defragmented: 65 Average fragmentation before: 1.56575 frags/file Average fragmentation after : 1 frags/file Can you throw light on the report on the level fragmentation the TB had ?? -- Warm regards, Raj mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Performance Appraisal Terms And Their Real Meanings Loyal - Can't get a job anywhere else Replied on Sunday, February 24, 2002 using TB Ver 1.54 Beta/39 on Windows 2000 -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
