yea true, but what do you think about proximity to the system files? -- ME2
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think any modern drive cares about the physical location of a file > on the platters anymore. > > Now, Windows operates slightly better if the first few percent of a drive > are logically empty (so it doesn't have to search for an open spot to put > something). That's one of the prime benefits jkdefrag gives you with its > "default" optimization criteria. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:23 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Speaking of page file > > Or on the system drive partition (if you have mutliple). The pagefile > will be a lot closer to the inner tracks of the disc, where > read/writes are faster because of the closer sector proximity. > > If you are moving it back to the system partition after it being > somewhere else, be sure to use a defragger that can optimize its > location back to the beginning of the disc. > > Or something like that. Someone a bit more tech can feel free to rip > me a new one if I said that wrong. > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> wrote: >> Better stick it on a separate disk :-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 29 January 2009 14:57 >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Speaking of page file >> >> But not recommended. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Wow, brilliant! 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