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theo himself
from +- on 2003-10-02 18:17 [#00887440]
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I really need to defragment both of my hard drives.. I analyzed both drives and when I view the report of the analysis, it mentions things like "238 fragments" attached to certain mp3s and wavs of my music and a couple of thousand fragments attached to various files created in my chaotic dvd-authoring experiment sessions.. by defragmenting am I risking losing data vital to the existence of these files? or is what is to be defragmented a superfluous something that needs to go away?
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xceque
on 2003-10-02 18:23 [#00887446]
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A defrag should just rearrange where the bits of each file are stored physically on the drive, still keeping the file intact.
From what I understand of drive storage, a file is written in little blocks, which a pointer at the end of each block to say where to go and look for the next block in the file. That way a file can be spread out all over the drive and there doesn't have to be any one single space big enough to fit the file continuously. Defraging just collects all the bits of all files together, freeing up more continuous empty space and improving file access/read time.
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theo himself
from +- on 2003-10-02 18:30 [#00887455]
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ahhh ok.. thank you so very much
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b0nk
from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2003-10-02 18:51 [#00887472]
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it just organizes your harddrive so the files can be found easier,.. something like that, its not harmful
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-03 00:01 [#00887642]
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do it! it makes things faster
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ambsace
from canaDUH. on 2003-10-03 00:22 [#00887645]
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yeah yeah. i do 'er every couple of weeks.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-03 00:45 [#00887650]
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it'd be great if i could do that to my head.
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REFLEX
from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-10-03 00:49 [#00887655]
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yeah defraggin is a gooood thing if youve been organizing and reorganizing..... eventually all comps need a good frag or two
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Jocco
from Banned! Free Jocco! (United States) on 2003-10-03 00:54 [#00887660]
Points: 1208 Status: Addict | Followup to REFLEX: #00887655
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Yea.. so do your part and shoot your computer. It is preferrable if you use a really high powered sniper rifle as well. taht bitch azz cpu wuz pwnt!!11
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ambsace
from canaDUH. on 2003-10-03 00:55 [#00887661]
Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to Jocco: #00887660
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i was waiting for a gamer to wander in here. =]
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REFLEX
from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-10-03 00:57 [#00887662]
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yes.... gamerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-03 02:26 [#00887704]
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BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!
GUH GUH GUH GUH GUH!
PSHEW! PSHEW PSHEW PSHEW!
BZZZZZZZAAAP!
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-03 02:27 [#00887705]
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i used to play video games...
it's a tough racket..
*sips drink*
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-10-03 02:29 [#00887707]
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thats what ive been meaning to do
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