Hoe vaak defragmenteren jullie?

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hppa schreef op 09-11-2003 @ 06:20:
* Iedere 'poweruser' heeft de beschikking over een machine die sneller is met WinXP dan met Win9x. Ergo, een verschil van honderden euro. Dat is onzinnig.

Wat voor schroot-PC's heb jij het dan over?

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Dit is wat Microsoft(tm) zelf zegt over defragmenteren, het is wordt dus aangeraden om het wel te doen.

Introduction

It's essential that an operating system be able to maintain your disks at peak levels of reliability and performance. The Windows® 2000 operating system does this through a built-in system tool called Disk Defragmenter. Disk Defragmenter was developed through a collaborative effort between Microsoft Corporation and Executive Software International. Read on to learn more about disk fragmentation and defragmentation, and how Disk Defragmenter supports the maintenance of disk efficiency.

Types of Fragmentation

Fragmentation is caused by creating and deleting files and folders, installing new software, and downloading files from the Internet. Computers do not necessarily save an entire file or folder in a single space on a disk; they're saved in the first available space. After a large portion of a disk has been used, most of the subsequent files and folders are saved in pieces across the volume. (In this discussion the terms disk and volume are used interchangeably.) When you delete files or folders, the empty spaces left behind are filled in randomly as you store new ones. This is how fragmentation occurs. The more fragmented the volume is, the slower the computer's file input and output performance will be. There are two main types of disk fragmentation: file fragmentation and free space fragmentation.

File Fragmentation

A file with all its parts stored in one location on a disk is described as "contiguous." If a file is not contiguous, it's fragmented; broken into pieces that are scattered throughout the disk. All Windows NT® and Windows 2000 file types—File Allocation Table (FAT) and NTFS file system (NTFS)—are susceptible to fragmentation.

File fragmentation has a negative effect on disk performance because the disk head requires more time to move around to different points on the disk to read scattered file parts. This is a primary reason for the gradual degradation of system performance—and the specific cause of longer reads and extended reboots.

Free Space Fragmentation

A partially full disk contains unused space, known as free space. Ideally, this space would be available in a few contiguous portions of the disk. And while it's good to have free space, it's not good if it's fragmented. Free space fragmentation refers to file space that's broken into small pieces, rather than joined together. This type of fragmentation results in slowed performance because of the time it takes for the disk head to move to different points on the disk to find free space and then write the file. Fragmented free space also increases the possibility of file fragmentation; when a file is larger than the space it's being written to, the file fragments.

Analyzing Defragmentation

Defragmentation is the process of rewriting non-contiguous parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a disk for the purpose of increasing data access and retrieval speeds. Because FAT and NTFS disks can deteriorate and become badly fragmented over time, defragmentation is vital for optimal system performance.

Fragmentation Analysis Study

How fragmented can a system get? In June 1999 the American Business Research Corporation of Irvine, California performed a fragmentation analysis and found that, out of 100 corporate offices that were not using a defragmenter, 50 percent of the respondents had server files with 2,000 to 10,000 fragments—and another 33 percent had files that were fragmented into 10,333 to 95,000 pieces. In all cases the results were the same: Servers and workstations experienced a significant degradation in performance.

Good Housekeeping

Even a new computer system will experience disk fragmentation because loading the operating system results in both file and free space fragmentation. You can test this by loading the operating system onto a new machine, and then run the analysis function of Disk Defragmenter (explained below).

For the individual user, Disk Defragmenter should be run right after the operating system is loaded, and then manually at regular intervals thereafter. Deciding when to defragment your disk depends on the type of work you've been doing—keeping in mind that normal, day-to-day use of your computer will cause fragmentation. You should consider defragmenting after you've been compressing and decompressing files and after installing operating systems and applications. In general, consider defragmenting once a week for moderate to heavy use; less frequently for intermittent use.

You can use Disk Defragmenter to analyze disks before deciding whether or not to defragment them. After analyzing a disk, a dialog box tells you the percentage of fragmented files and folders on the volume and recommends a course of action. Analyze volumes regularly and defragment them when Disk Defragmenter recommends it.

You should perform disk analysis and defragmentation on a regular basis for all Windows 2000–based servers and workstations to ensure that disks are operating optimally.

Enlightenment schreef op 09-11-2003 @ 04:08:
Oh, FAT heeft bij jou zijn waterloo gevonden?

Yep, ik heb/had beveiligde mappen nodig. En met NTFS is het instellen van folderpolicies een eitje, heb je geen 3rd party software nodig.

Enlightenment schreef op 09-11-2003 @ 04:08:
Nou een poweruser draait niet graag een jaar oude win98 install, dat mag duidelijk zijn. Dus of maandelijks opnieuw installeren, of een image terugzetten. Win98 wordt één grote t*r*ngzooi na verloop van tijd. Brrrrrr, ik krijg flashbacks.

Maar uiteraard is de poweruser overgestapt op een Windows NT gebaseerd OS (aangenomen dat hij Windows prefereert) en dus draaien vrijwel alleen newbies nog Win9x. Dus is formatteren en andere zaken teveel moeite voor deze groep, dus loont het wel om regelmatig te defraggen.

That's my point.

Hmm, daar ben ik het niet helemaal mee eens; juist de poweruser zal minder problemen hebben met de eikeligheden van Windows 98; je mag er namelijk vanuit gaan dat de poweruser zich bewust is van de zwakheden. En, wat Windows-machines betreft beschouw ik mezelf wel een beetje als poweruser, formatteren is mijns inziens uit den boze en vaak onnodig, _juist_ als poweruser zijnde weet je dat er betere manieren zijn. Met een beetje clever systeembeheer heb je A. weinig te formatteren en B. herinstalleer je nooit, maar zet je images terug

De laatste keer dat ik m'n systeem geformatteerd heb gaat een hèle poos terug, naar de tijd van de 286, als ik me niet vergis. Vanzelfsprekend moet je met een splinternieuwe HD wèl formatteren, maar dat laat ik dan ook buiten beschouwing

[M@TRIX]

niet, pleur gewoon de ghost terug als het systeem koekt