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LOL this is funny, I try to bring my expertise to this forum. There are
still a lot of people running NT4 and maybe they found this informative. It
is not time efficient to constantly copy files to defrag. Microsoft windows
XP has Disk keeper built in they bought executive software disk keeper. I as
a system administrator enjoy the fact that I can set disk keeper to do the
work for me. It creates a stable and properly running system for people. Its
simplifies things isn't that what this forum is about? I did not put down
your method I stated it was a valid option that Microsoft once recommended
themselves. Why is it that I keep getting put down in this forum I am here
to help if you don't like what I say go to the next post LOL. Must be an
inferiority complex.
"Fitz" <linc007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:zb_5e.27985$QB6.2224824@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> He didn't say what YOU did was nuts. He said Microsoft only gave NT4
users
> one way to defrag and that involved formatting the hard drive and
> reinstalling from backup. He said "it was nuts".
>
>
> "Jentle Jiant" <Jentle@Jiant.com> wrote in message
> news:b64g51tcs5b8pniuvgcqev55dfbl2ph2u6@4ax.com...
> > Hard on him? Read again.
> > He said what I did was "nuts",
> > In what way was that necessary, to say nothing of supportive?
> >
> > As you say, we are here for solutions. I found one. Not very
> > sophistacated or technically advances. Pure Mickey-Mouse. But it did
> > not cost me a dime, and it worked! Why does that make me "nuts"? Why
> > would he need to use that word if not to be snide and insinuate some
> > defective thinking on my part?
> >
> > I've posted a variety of questions over several years, and have never
> > felt insulted or condescended to before this.
> >
> > But I do this time. And my response was totally justified.
> >
> > Jentle Jiant.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 07:42:49 GMT, "Fitz" <linc007@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Why are you being so hard on Mark? He merely related that he's been
> >>through
> >>the same thing. He elected to buy a program. He didn't recommend you
buy
> >>it or anyone else. The forum is for people to make suggestions about
> >>solutions that have worked for them and alternative ways of doing
things.
> >>I
> >>don't see anywhere in his post where he was snide or tried to embarrass
> >>you.
> >>No one can embarrass you...only you can.
> >>
> >>
> >>"Jentle Jiant" <Jentle@Jiant.com> wrote in message
> >>news:ekue5152hehklhll23ltebkf5m1fa5lnga@4ax.com...
> >>> You fail to mention that executive software's diskkeeper, costs 40
> >>> bucks. So I did a workaround and got the needed results within 20
> >>> minutes for FREE.
> >>>
> >>> Isn't the idea here to help people figure out how to solve their XP
> >>> problems? Or is it now a forum for selling software?
> >>>
> >>> This is an XP group, Why would you even find it necessary to mention
> >>> NT4? And I said nothing about formatting.
> >>>
> >>> Seems you want to somehow embarrass me with snide remarks because I
> >>> did not take your advice and purchase software, but chose instead to
> >>> use my own wits and what was available to me without further expense.
> >>> And, bottom line, it worked.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks so much for your positive feedback and assistance.
> >>>
> >>> Jentle Jiant
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:55:47 -0400, "Mark Barrett"
> >>> <markbarrett@mgbconsultinginc.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Sure that is a great way of doing it if you have to. In fact in
windows
> >>>>NT4
> >>>>that was the only way you could do it. Microsoft only gave you one
> >>>>option
> >>>>to
> >>>>defrag in NT4 and that was to format the drive and reinstall
everything
> >>>>from
> >>>>backup LOL it was nuts thank god for executive software's diskkeeper.
> >>>>"Jentle Jiant" <Jentle@Jiant.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:ntpb51dkp9a3hm49capmh8u8ceccf6k463@4ax.com...
> >>>>> If anyone is interested, or has/had a similar problem...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I figured out a workaround to fix this. It may be micky-mouse, but
it
> >>>>> worked.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Assuming that if I copied a fragmented file to another physical
> >>>>> medium, Windows would have to assemble and sort the thousands of
> >>>>> fragments, I copied each file individually to an external drive, I
> >>>>> then deleted the originals, re-copied one at a time to the original
> >>>>> folder, and ran defrag. Result= 2% fragmentation.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Don't know what could have cause such severe fragmentation, and if
> >>>>> anybody out there has any idea, I would appreciate your feedback.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:07:12 -0700, Jentle Jiant <Jentle@Jiant.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> >Defrag will not defragment a large number of files.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >I've been having some slow performance for a few days, so decided
to
> >>>>> >defrag. After analysis, the drive is 23% defragmented. It's never
> >>>>> >been
> >>>>> >that high. I ran defrag. It reported that a number of files could
not
> >>>>> >be defragmented. Fragmentation stayed high (19%)
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >I saved the report so I could look at the files..
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >With one exception, all the files listed are MPG files, which I
> >>>>> >created, ripped from DVDs and converted to MPG. They represent 29
gig
> >>>>> >on an 80 gig drive!
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >They are listed as having several hundred to several thousand
> >>>>> >fragments.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >The one exception is a .db file in Documents and Settings, for
ACDC.
> >>>>> >That db file is LARGER than the images it supposedly represents,
and
> >>>>> >has more parts than there are images, again several thousand parts.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >I thought perhaps changing the properties by turning off "read
only"
> >>>>> >would take care ot it. Ran defrag again. Did not work. Still at
19%.
> >>>>> >All of the same files are listed.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
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