Re: wanting a defrag utility

In article <nospam-77D12B.09111529102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Luke <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd like to restructure several large directories which will result in
> moving several GB worth of files. I'm thinking my hard drive is alreay
> pretty fragmented and this will make it even more so. Has anyone had
> good experiences with a defrag utility? I don't have a lot of faith in
> Norton, so which one might you recommend?

Are you moving files between disks and/or partitions, or are you
just moving the names from one directory to another?

If just moving names, this is not going to do much in the way of
fragmenting your disk.

If moving between disks/partitions, then the target disk (assuming
it has the free space) will just carve out sufficient space for
the new files in a moderately contiguous manor, and leave hold
behind that are the size of the files removed.

Of course if you do this back and forth enough it will most likely
create a lot of fragmentation.

Then again, Mac OS X will defragment files as it reads them,
unless they are huge files. Those it lets alone.

Bob Harris
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