sluggish performance after defrag?

k3wt · 19 Sep 2009 at 09:42

any1 get this?

i have a spinpoint f1 1 tb using o&o defragger and gave it a complete NAME defrag several times and seems less responsive than when i hadnt defragged it competely for 6 months! its so slow to a point where it needs a few seconds for stuff to appear in the folder after ive opened it! ironic that the complete name defrag is supposed to speed us access times!

AbsenceJam · 19 Sep 2009 at 13:45

You arranged every file on your disk alphabetically, that will hamper performance.

s0ck · 20 Sep 2009 at 19:19

What on earth is a name defrag? :s

mod1fied · 20 Sep 2009 at 22:34

@ s0ck : 'Complete Name' is a method on O&O Defrag that re-arranges the whole disk into Alphabetical order hence why he has poor performance now - eg. Windows Folder is now more or less at a slower part of the disk instead of closer to the beginning of the drive where it is faster.

k3wt: I found this with google

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The STEALTH-Method is recommended if you want to defragment a hard disk that is nearly full (only around 8% free space). Due to its design, STEALTH is also the method that takes up the least resources.

The SPACE method is the standard defragmentation mode. It defragments all fragmented files and ensures that consecutive free space is maximized. This method should be used for the regular defragmentation of partitions that are within the normal range of usage.

As well as defragmenting fragmented files and maximizing consecutive free space, the Complete methods overhaul the position of your files.

COMPLETE/Name organizes all files according to filename and directory position. For example, all files that are in the directory Windows/System 32 will be placed next to each other on the hard disk. This method is particularly recommended for system partitions on Windows workstations.

COMPLETE/Modified sorts all files according to when they where last changed. This is especially suitable for data partitions on workstations, or for fileservers.

COMPLETE/Access organizes all files according to when they where last accessed. This method is particularly recommended for web servers.

So the method you have used would have worked better if you have minimal apps on the drive with no data.

k3wt · 22 Sep 2009 at 08:14

thanks for that. i did have a quick look at the help guide with o&o because i was baffled at the options. guess i didnt read well enough

i still dont know which one is more applicable to me tho lol.

eg i have many apps on c: partition doesnt alter much unless im saving photos etc.

d: partition changes on a daily basis. adding music, adding video files and deleting them.