Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging

Not to re-hash that, but I forget if we discussed the effects of multi-threaded, multi-file access or just single threaded/single-file? I am beginning to feel as long as my swap, temp, and core windows files are not fragged that the state of the rest of the FS can be fragged to hell with no ef

Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging

At 11:01 AM 4/26/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Maybe so, but as people will remember from my tests on real world machines - reading all files on the hard drive - the speed improvements I saw were more in the 5-7% range. I usually tell my clients 10% & that if they just remember to defrag

Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging

At 10:10 AM 26/04/2006, Hayes Elkins wrote: No kidding. Not that I think defrags are snake oil, but come on, why waste my time reading this report? From the report: "A system running Outlook showed an increase in performance of 67.9 to 176.1 percent after defragmentation. A system running Exc

Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging

No kidding. Not that I think defrags are snake oil, but come on, why waste my time reading this report? From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:08:23

Re: [H] Benefits of Defragging

At 09:53 AM 26/04/2006, Robert Turnbull wrote: From TechRepublic: Download this IDC report to read the findings of tests conducted by NSTL, a leading independent hardware and software testing organization, on the impact that disk defragmentation has on Windows XP performance. The report is spo

[H] Benefits of Defragging

From TechRepublic: Download this IDC report to read the findings of tests conducted by NSTL, a leading independent hardware and software testing organization, on the impact that disk defragmentation has on Windows XP performance.