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The last suggestion is to
use an optimizing defrag utility to organize the files within a partition.
Windows ME offers such an optimizing defrag utility.
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Normally, when you run a
defrag utility on a partition of your hard drive, the files within the
partition are randomly sequenced from the beginning of the partition to the
end. You may have an active “A” file near the beginning of the partition and
an active “B” file near the end of the partition. If the partition is large
with lots of files, like your APPS partition, then the time to move the
read/write arm from file “A” to file “B” could be quite slow.
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When you defrag the
partition using the optimizing option, all of the most active files are
placed together near the beginning of the partition and all the less active
are place near the end of the partition. Therefore, the read/write head will
move more quickly between the active files without having to pass over many
less active files.
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Be aware that most backup
utilities will loose the optimization when the partition is restored and
you’ll need to re-optimize the partition. PowerQuest’s Drive Image backup
utility preserves the optimization
when restoring the partition.
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