Yes, but the concept of "registry fragmentation" isn't related to the file being spread out over the hard drive, but the problem is orphaned registry keys. That's why I called it a misnomer. - Matt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:13 AM Subject: Re: Registry Booster? > The registry *can* become file-fragmented, but it's unusual. Typically, > Windows creates a large, mostly empty registry file when you install it. > Unless you have an unusually large registry requirement -- like using > it to store CF client variables -- you're likely going to see it grow > once at most. > > Also, the registry is only read at startup, IIRC, so even if it was > spread across the drive like jam on toast, it'd not be a > moment-to-moment issue. > > --Ben > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> how can it not? The registry hives are nothing but files on the >> filesystem. What makes them any different. >> >> >> On 3/31/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Fragmentation of the registry is really a misnomer. The registry cannot >>> be >>> broken up interally the way files are on a disk. The process of >>> defragmentating the registry means to remove old crap that isn't used >>> anymore. There's shareware that does this as well. >>> >>> >>> http://searchwinsystems.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid68_gci1039855,00.html >>> >>> - Matt >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:01 PM >>> Subject: Re: Registry Booster? >>> >>> >>>> The registry gets fragged just like every other file on the drive :( >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/31/06, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Anyone heard of this program? >>>>> Supposedly cleans and defrags the Registry. >>>>> >>>>> Never heard of defragging a registry. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202529 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
