How much free space? 250gb drives

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10% is enough for FAT32, 10-20% for NTFS depending on MFT zone. However,
don't expect files of 100+ of MB to defrag.

"leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
I'm
> using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a significant
> amout of space
>
>

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Previously leadfoot <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage? I'm
> using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a significant
> amout of space

Unix standard is 5%. But most Unix filesystems don't fragment
easily. If you have to use a defragger, maybe you should change
the filesystem in the first place.

It is really just a performance issue. You can fill up the drive
to 100% if you like. If you keep 1 GB or so free, you should still
be able to run a defragger, although it may take some time.

Arno

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Arno Wagner wrote:
> Previously leadfoot <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage? I'm
>>using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a significant
>>amout of space
>
>
> Unix standard is 5%. But most Unix filesystems don't fragment
> easily. If you have to use a defragger, maybe you should change
> the filesystem in the first place.
>
> It is really just a performance issue. You can fill up the drive
> to 100% if you like. If you keep 1 GB or so free, you should still
> be able to run a defragger, although it may take some time.
>
> Arno
>
I run my Unix filesystems (other than root) right up to the edge
of full, and never defrag. "Defragging" is an issue mostly for
Windows users. If/when it's done in the Unix world, I think it's
usually via a backup & reload (and, coincidentally, that's the
best/fastest way to accomplish it in the Windows world -- e.g. by
Ghosting to a spare drive and back again one can often achieve a
defragged drive much faster than via defrag software).

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Previously CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Arno Wagner wrote:
>> Previously leadfoot <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage? I'm
>>>using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a significant
>>>amout of space
>>
>>
>> Unix standard is 5%. But most Unix filesystems don't fragment
>> easily. If you have to use a defragger, maybe you should change
>> the filesystem in the first place.
>>
>> It is really just a performance issue. You can fill up the drive
>> to 100% if you like. If you keep 1 GB or so free, you should still
>> be able to run a defragger, although it may take some time.
>>
>> Arno
>>
> I run my Unix filesystems (other than root) right up to the edge
> of full, and never defrag.

Same here.

> "Defragging" is an issue mostly for
> Windows users. If/when it's done in the Unix world, I think it's
> usually via a backup & reload (and, coincidentally, that's the
> best/fastest way to accomplish it in the Windows world -- e.g. by
> Ghosting to a spare drive and back again one can often achieve a
> defragged drive much faster than via defrag software).

Yes, I agree to that fully. Matches my observations.

Arno

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I'm using WinXP MCE2005 SP2
"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Previously CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote:
>> Arno Wagner wrote:
>>> Previously leadfoot <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
>>>>I'm
>>>>using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
>>>>significant
>>>>amout of space
>>>
>>>
>>> Unix standard is 5%. But most Unix filesystems don't fragment
>>> easily. If you have to use a defragger, maybe you should change
>>> the filesystem in the first place.
>>>
>>> It is really just a performance issue. You can fill up the drive
>>> to 100% if you like. If you keep 1 GB or so free, you should still
>>> be able to run a defragger, although it may take some time.
>>>
>>> Arno
>>>
>> I run my Unix filesystems (other than root) right up to the edge
>> of full, and never defrag.
>
> Same here.
>
>> "Defragging" is an issue mostly for
>> Windows users. If/when it's done in the Unix world, I think it's
>> usually via a backup & reload (and, coincidentally, that's the
>> best/fastest way to accomplish it in the Windows world -- e.g. by
>> Ghosting to a spare drive and back again one can often achieve a
>> defragged drive much faster than via defrag software).
>
> Yes, I agree to that fully. Matches my observations.
>
> Arno
>

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"leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
> I'm using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
> significant amout of space
>

According to Windows' help XP's built-in debugger requires 15% for full
defragmentation.

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Previously Derek Baker <me@xyzderekbaker.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> "leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:1Ag1e.8006$TZ.351@okepread06...
>> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
>> I'm using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
>> significant amout of space
>>

> According to Windows' help XP's built-in debugger requires 15% for full
> defragmentation.

Ooops. Not too professional!

Arno

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leadfoot wrote:
> I'm using WinXP MCE2005 SP2

my condolences
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"CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> leadfoot wrote:
>> I'm using WinXP MCE2005 SP2
>
> my condolences

Why I'm pretty happy with it

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"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Previously Derek Baker <me@xyzderekbaker.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>> "leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:1Ag1e.8006$TZ.351@okepread06...
>>> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
>>> I'm using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
>>> significant amout of space
>>>
>
>> According to Windows' help XP's built-in debugger requires 15% for full
>> defragmentation.
>
> Ooops. Not too professional!
>
> Arno
>
>

Me or Windows?  

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Previously Derek Baker <me@xyzderekbaker.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> "Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> Previously Derek Baker <me@xyzderekbaker.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>>> "leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1Ag1e.8006$TZ.351@okepread06...
>>>> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
>>>> I'm using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
>>>> significant amout of space
>>>>
>>
>>> According to Windows' help XP's built-in debugger requires 15% for full
>>> defragmentation.
>>
>> Ooops. Not too professional!
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>

> Me or Windows?  

Sorry. The product of course.

Arno

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leadfoot <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
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> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?

There is no nice tidy answer, because it
depends on the size of the files that change.

> I'm using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
> significant amout of space

Makes more sense to give up on defragging
unless you are using the drive unusually.

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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:25:54 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>unless you are using the drive unusually.

Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files from the HD to both CD & DVD
media.

I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot of
fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD? Now id
this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.

Any advice on this?

Thanks for your time and help.

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"leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
I'm
> using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
significant
> amout of space
>
>

Going to stay out of that question. I do suggest, however, if you're
storing some sort of video or partition image files or other large MB/GB
files that you do not defragment the partition that holds them. And you
keep such on a partition independent of the operating system. If doing so,
that nulls your question to partition size of the operating system, not the
HD space capacity.

Adequate available physical memory is also a consideration when
defragmenting. Odd you did not ask that question in tandem with the
available disk space question. And, the swapfile size capacity can be an
issue as well if you keep the swapfile on an independent hard drive or if
its on the same hard drive/partition as the OS. The latter affecting the
available freespace of the partition you intend to defragment.

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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
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> "leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:1Ag1e.8006$TZ.351@okepread06...
>> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
> I'm
>> using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
> significant
>> amout of space
>>
>>
>
> Going to stay out of that question. I do suggest, however, if you're
> storing some sort of video or partition image files or other large MB/GB
> files that you do not defragment the partition that holds them. And you
> keep such on a partition independent of the operating system. If doing
> so,
> that nulls your question to partition size of the operating system, not
> the
> HD space capacity.
>
> Adequate available physical memory is also a consideration when
> defragmenting. Odd you did not ask that question in tandem with the
> available disk space question.

I have 1GB dual channel of memory. Do I need more? ;-)


And, the swapfile size capacity can be an
> issue as well if you keep the swapfile on an independent hard drive or if
> its on the same hard drive/partition as the OS.

I have six 250gb hard drives.

The latter affecting the
> available freespace of the partition you intend to defragment.
>
>

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Previously Arlene wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:25:54 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
> wrote:

>>Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>>unless you are using the drive unusually.

> Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files from the HD to both CD & DVD
> media.

> I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot of
> fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD? Now id
> this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.

> Any advice on this?

Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed below
the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs to be able to
deal with an interrupted data stream. If it has "BurnProof" or the
like, then it is not a problem. If it does not, then you will loose
media.

Arno

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<Arlene> wrote in message news:kp8c41h8drokga6os5ntdcdvbcbf7k4n1i@4ax.com...
> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>> Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>> unless you are using the drive unusually.

> Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
> from the HD to both CD & DVD media.

Dont need to defrag in that situation.

> I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot
> of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD?

Nope, its irrelevant.

> Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.

> Any advice on this?

Give up the defragging, it will work fine.

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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>> Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>> from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
>
>Dont need to defrag in that situation.

Fantastic.

>>> I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot
>> of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD?
>
>Nope, its irrelevant.

Getting even better.

>> Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.

>Give up the defragging, it will work fine.

Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))

Thanks for replying.

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On 27 Mar 2005 15:20:37 GMT, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:


>Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed below
>the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs to be able to
>deal with an interrupted data stream. If it has "BurnProof" or the
>like, then it is not a problem. If it does not, then you will loose
>media.

Both my Plextor (CD) and Sony (DVD) use "Burn Proof." So looks like I
will be home free.

Thanks Arno for the follow-up, much appreciated.

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Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Arlene wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>>> Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>>> unless you are using the drive unusually.

>> Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>> from the HD to both CD & DVD media.

>> I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a
>> lot of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD &
>> DVD? Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.

>> Any advice on this?

> Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed
> below the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs
> to be able to deal with an interrupted data stream.

Taint gunna happen, because even a fragmented file on the hard drive
is accessed MUCH more quickly than the CD/DVD burner can burn it.

And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.

> If it has "BurnProof" or the like, then it is not a problem.
> If it does not, then you will loose media.

Nope.

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Rod Speed wrote:
> Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
>>Arlene wrote
>>
>>>Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>
>
>>>>Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>>>>unless you are using the drive unusually.
>
>
>>>Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>>>from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
>
>
>>>I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a
>>>lot of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD &
>>>DVD? Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.
>
>
>>>Any advice on this?
>
>
>>Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed
>>below the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs
>>to be able to deal with an interrupted data stream.
>
>
> Taint gunna happen, because even a fragmented file on the hard drive
> is accessed MUCH more quickly than the CD/DVD burner can burn it.

Some burners have very high data rates. And not all hard disks are new.

>
> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.

That's unknowable. It depends on the state of the disk when the MP3 is
written.
>
>
>>If it has "BurnProof" or the like, then it is not a problem.
>>If it does not, then you will loose media.
>
>
> Nope.
>
>


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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in news:3ao9i2F6bn29qU1
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> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.

Bullshit.

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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:44:01 GMT, Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote:

>"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in news:3ao9i2F6bn29qU1
>@individual.net:
>
>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.
>
>Bullshit.

Now that's an answer that should be in a FAQ regarding: Attaining
maturity and intelligence.

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IDIDIT <v.sch@verizon.net> wrote in
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> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:44:01 GMT, Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp>
> wrote:
>
>>"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in news:3ao9i2F6bn29qU1
>>@individual.net:
>>
>>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.
>>
>>Bullshit.
>
You must be new here.

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IDIDIT wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:44:01 GMT, Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote:
>
>>"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in news:3ao9i2F6bn29qU1
>>@individual.net:
>>
>>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.
>>
>>Bullshit.
>
> Now that's an answer that should be in a FAQ regarding: Attaining
> maturity and intelligence.

Actually, "clueless" would have been the proper response, that being the
Rodbot's usual response to just about anything.

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"CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:3ao1a5F6bfc02U2@individual.net...
>>
>>>Arlene wrote
>>>
>>>>Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>>
>>>>>Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>>>>>unless you are using the drive unusually.
>>
>>
>>>>Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>>>>from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
>>
>>
>>>>I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a
>>>>lot of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD &
>>>>DVD? Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.
>>
>>
>>>>Any advice on this?
>>
>>
>>>Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed
>>>below the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs
>>>to be able to deal with an interrupted data stream.
>>
>>
>> Taint gunna happen, because even a fragmented file on the hard drive
>> is accessed MUCH more quickly than the CD/DVD burner can burn it.

> Some burners have very high data rates. And not all hard disks are new.

Still no overlap.

>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.

> That's unknowable.

Nope.

> It depends on the state of the disk when the MP3 is written.

The word LIKELY was used for a reason.

>>> If it has "BurnProof" or the like, then it is not a problem.
>>> If it does not, then you will loose media.

>> Nope.

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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:3ao1a5F6bfc02U2@individual.net...
>>>
>>>>Arlene wrote
>>>>
>>>>>Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Makes more sense to give up on defragging
>>>>>>unless you are using the drive unusually.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>>>>>from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a
>>>>>lot of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD &
>>>>>DVD? Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Any advice on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>>Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed
>>>>below the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs
>>>>to be able to deal with an interrupted data stream.
>>>
>>>
>>> Taint gunna happen, because even a fragmented file on the hard drive
>>> is accessed MUCH more quickly than the CD/DVD burner can burn it.
>
>> Some burners have very high data rates. And not all hard disks are new.

> Still no overlap.

And the question was asked about a 250G drive, plenty fast enough.

>>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.
>
>> That's unknowable.
>
> Nope.
>
>> It depends on the state of the disk when the MP3 is written.
>
> The word LIKELY was used for a reason.
>
>>>> If it has "BurnProof" or the like, then it is not a problem.
>>>> If it does not, then you will loose media.
>
>>> Nope.
>
>

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Rod Speed wrote:
<snip>
> And the question was asked about a 250G drive, plenty fast enough.
>
><snip>

That's a good point. A 250GB drive _will_ be of recent vintage.

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Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.

> Bullshit.

Not with a drive that big, with the sort of free space being discussed.

And they burn fine even when fragmented a bit anyway.

No point obsessively defragging in that particular situation.

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> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
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> > "leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:1Ag1e.8006$TZ.351@okepread06...
> >> How much space do I need to keep free on 250GB drives used for storage?
> > I'm
> >> using diskeeper as a defragger which recommends 20% which is a
> > significant
> >> amout of space
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Going to stay out of that question. I do suggest, however, if you're
> > storing some sort of video or partition image files or other large MB/GB
> > files that you do not defragment the partition that holds them. And
you
> > keep such on a partition independent of the operating system. If doing
> > so,
> > that nulls your question to partition size of the operating system, not
> > the
> > HD space capacity.
> >
> > Adequate available physical memory is also a consideration when
> > defragmenting. Odd you did not ask that question in tandem with the
> > available disk space question.
>
> I have 1GB dual channel of memory. Do I need more? ;-)
>
>

Probably not.

> And, the swapfile size capacity can be an
> > issue as well if you keep the swapfile on an independent hard drive or
if
> > its on the same hard drive/partition as the OS.
>
> I have six 250gb hard drives.
>

My guess is that you must be using some video creation tool, these have
their own swapfile, in addition to windows swapfile. The plot thickens.

The number and capacity of the HDs mean nothing, you asked about freespace
and percentage of the hard drive that should be freespace..

> The latter affecting the
> > available freespace of the partition you intend to defragment.
> >
> >
>
>

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"CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote:
> <snip>
>> And the question was asked about a 250G drive, plenty fast enough.
>> <snip>
>
> That's a good point. A 250GB drive _will_ be of recent vintage.

Yeah, thats what I meant.

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"Euan Kerr" <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote in message
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> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:3aon3bF6ec3ngU1@individual.net:
>
>>
>> Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9626D33A5745DFlSxxx@194.168.222.121...
>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>>>> And MP3s arent likely to be that fragmented anyway.
>>
>>> Bullshit.
>>
>> Not with a drive that big, ....

> Nothing to do with MP3s then.

Fraid so, thats what she said she wants to store them on, fool.

Reams of your puerile attempts to bullshit your way
out of your predicament flushed where it belongs.

Cant even manage it own lines. How pathetic is that ?

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<Arlene> wrote in message news:mn2f41piqfav0o1sbva93of2ho2vdpcd40@4ax.com
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
> > > from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
> >
> > Dont need to defrag in that situation.
>
> Fantastic.
>
> > > > I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot
> > > of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD?
> >
> > Nope, its irrelevant.
>
> Getting even better.
>
> > > Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.
>
> > Give up the defragging, it will work fine.
>
> Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))
>
> Thanks for replying.

Enjoy your snake-oil.

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Arlene wrote in news:mn2f41piqfav0o1sbva93of2ho2vdpcd40@4ax.com:

> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
....

>>Give up the defragging, it will work fine.
>
> Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))

LOL!

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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:53:17 GMT, Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote:

>Arlene wrote in news:mn2f41piqfav0o1sbva93of2ho2vdpcd40@4ax.com:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed"
>> <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>...
>
>>>Give up the defragging, it will work fine.
>>
>> Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))
>
>LOL!

I am so glad you had a good laugh.

A small follow-up. As is our practice every Monday morning 20 DVD's
and 50 CDR's left our office by messenger. These discs were burned on
Sunday. Many of the MP3's were indeed fragmented. But as both Ron and
Arno suggested no defragmentation was done. The discs were just
burned.

It is now after 10 PM EST and not one call from any of the 50 clients
that received these discs. Trust me if there was any problem in
reading them they would have been screaming on the phone instantly.

So maybe the laugh is on you?

Again I thank Ron and Arno for the help.

You can now play your little games that you seem to enjoy so much.

<<plonk>>

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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:57:54 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra"
<see_reply-to@myweb.nl> wrote:

><Arlene> wrote in message news:mn2f41piqfav0o1sbva93of2ho2vdpcd40@4ax.com
>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > > Rod I do a lot of copying of MP3 files
>> > > from the HD to both CD & DVD media.
>> >
>> > Dont need to defrag in that situation.
>>
>> Fantastic.
>>
>> > > > I was under the impression that when the files on the HD have a lot
>> > > of fragmentation it can adversely effect the copying to CD & DVD?
>> >
>> > Nope, its irrelevant.
>>
>> Getting even better.
>>
>> > > Now id this is not true I could give up the defrag totally.
>>
>> > Give up the defragging, it will work fine.
>>
>> Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))
>>
>> Thanks for replying.
>
>Enjoy your snake-oil.

Lets cut the nonsense. If you have something to say then say it and
detail the facts. If not just go back too playing with yourself.

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Previously Arlene wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2005 15:20:37 GMT, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:


>>Depends. If the fragmentation is enough to slow the read speed below
>>the speed at which you write the CD/DVD the burner needs to be able to
>>deal with an interrupted data stream. If it has "BurnProof" or the
>>like, then it is not a problem. If it does not, then you will loose
>>media.

> Both my Plextor (CD) and Sony (DVD) use "Burn Proof." So looks like I
> will be home free.

Indeed.

> Thanks Arno for the follow-up, much appreciated.

You are welcome.

Arno

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Previously Arlene wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:53:17 GMT, Euan Kerr <aaargh@invalid.jp> wrote:

>>Arlene wrote in news:mn2f41piqfav0o1sbva93of2ho2vdpcd40@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:58 +1000, "Rod Speed"
>>> <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>...
>>
>>>>Give up the defragging, it will work fine.
>>>
>>> Perfect! Thanks Rod that is one less pain to bother with. :-))
>>
>>LOL!

> I am so glad you had a good laugh.

> A small follow-up. As is our practice every Monday morning 20 DVD's
> and 50 CDR's left our office by messenger. These discs were burned on
> Sunday. Many of the MP3's were indeed fragmented. But as both Ron and
> Arno suggested no defragmentation was done. The discs were just
> burned.

> It is now after 10 PM EST and not one call from any of the 50 clients
> that received these discs. Trust me if there was any problem in
> reading them they would have been screaming on the phone instantly.

Interesting. Mind if I ask what kind of business this is?
If you mind, just ignore the question.

Arno

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On 29 Mar 2005 12:26:36 GMT, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:


>Interesting. Mind if I ask what kind of business this is?

We monitor the major outlets both radio and TV for mention of our
clients and their products.

Sort of like the old clipping services. :-)

>If you mind, just ignore the question.

No problem.

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Ron Speed wrote:

>"CJT" <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote:
>>
>> Why does this newsgroup seem to attract j*ck*sses?
>
>They all do, stupid.

Well, you would know, Ron^Hd.