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6 Sep 2024 03:16:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why is defragging so slow?  
From: Darren New
Date: 4 Jun 2009 12:30:13
Message: <4a27f695$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> Did you try the command line version 'defrag'?  On Vista at least, there 
> appears to be a -w option that "Performs full defragmentation. Attempts 
> to consolidate all file fragments, regardless of their size.". 

No. Vista defrag won't defrag chunks if they're already >64M or some such 
size. I.e., you can have a file with three 66M chunks and defrag won't try 
to defrag it without the -w flag. Again, the cost/benefit ratio.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!


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