When I do a defrag, I noticed that sometimes I get bits of "Data that will not be moved". How do I get rid of this annoyance!! Also, I think it is more efficent to defrag by "least accessed" file order or even "longest unaccessed" which probable create the least file fragmentations over time. Sometimes defrag just takes hours. How do I do this? The most typical setting is "Rearrange program files that my program runs faster". I am just wondering what is the defrag scheme adopted, program file first followed on non-executables or whatisit? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Warmest regards. Derek

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it's usually best to run scandisk and defrag in safe mode. that way you don't have to shut down background applications as nothing is running.

also, i'd suggest getting the windows me defragger as it's quite a bit faster than the regular 9x defragger. you can download it form www.surecool.com (downloads section).

as for whether rearranging the contents of the disk is worthwhile... well, i'll let everyone else beat that dead horse.

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Some of the blocks can't be moved..this is normal, as far as defrag time, if you are running Win98 you can setup and use WinME's defrag which is alot faster.


On Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 5:55 pm, Derek Tay wrote:
>When I do a defrag, I noticed that sometimes I get bits of "Data that will not be
>moved". How do I get rid of this annoyance!!
>
>Also, I think it is more efficent to defrag by "least accessed" file order or even
>"longest unaccessed" which probable create the least file fragmentations over time.
> Sometimes defrag just takes hours. How do I do this?
>
>The most typical setting is "Rearrange program files that my program runs faster".
>I am just wondering what is the defrag scheme adopted, program file first followed
>on non-executables or whatisit?
>
>Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Warmest regards.
>
>Derek
>

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Does WinME's defrag overwrite Win98's when installed, or does 98's need to be deleted after installing?


On Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 6:25 pm, Dale wrote:
>Some of the blocks can't be moved..this is normal, as far as defrag time, if you
>are running Win98 you can setup and use WinME's defrag which is alot faster.
>
>


>On Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 5:55 pm, Derek Tay wrote:
>When I do a defrag, I noticed that sometimes I get bits of "Data that will not be
>moved". How do I get rid of this annoyance!!
>
>Also, I think it is more efficent to defrag by "least accessed" file order or even
>"longest unaccessed" which probable create the least file fragmentations over time.
> Sometimes defrag just takes hours. How do I do this?
>
>The most typical setting is "Rearrange program files that my program runs faster".
>I am just wondering what is the defrag scheme adopted, program file first followed
>on non-executables or whatisit?
>
>Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Warmest regards.
>
>Derek
>

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it all depends on where you put the file. i don't remember where the zip from surecool.com unzips it to by default.

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I don't have anyone available to whip a dead horse for me, so I'll ask you since you brought it up. My C drive is almost full and I want to move files/programs to my D drive which has available space. How can I move these from drive to drive without causing problems? I know it should be easy be I'm just not sure how, or even if I should at all. (By the way the C and D drives are partions of one 6 gig HD, using Win. 98 and I am running a Pentium 200.)
>as for whether rearranging the contents of the disk is worthwhile... well, i'll let
>everyone else beat that dead horse.

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dave, i am looking for the same info, too much on c and want to transfer to d. if anyone can help, i would really appreciate it, thanks, keanna


On Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 12:19 pm, Dave wrote:
>I don't have anyone available to whip a dead horse for me, so I'll ask you since
>you brought it up.
>My C drive is almost full and I want to move files/programs to my D drive which has
>available space. How can I move these from drive to drive without causing problems?
> I know it should be easy be I'm just not sure how, or even if I should at all.
>(By the way the C and D drives are partions of one 6 gig HD, using Win. 98 and I
>am running a Pentium 200.)
>
>>as for whether rearranging the contents of the disk is worthwhile... well, i'll
>let
>>everyone else beat that dead horse.

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