>>> And that sums up the capabilities of Norton. Pretty colors. Makes you >>> feel >>> like you accomplished something when you didn't. Meh. >> >> Not always. My best example was an old Wallstreet Powerbook that took ages >> to start up and was very unresponsive. Norton speed disk took around an hour >> to shunt files around and afterwards it back to normal. >> >> Fragmentation has to be very bad to notice a difference, and this example >> was bad. Running speed disk when there's just a few percent fragmentation >> makes no difference. > > This proves my point. There is nothing in the startup process that pertains > to the disk condition or fragmentation in any way. This is my point. You > are convinced that this has something to do with fragmentation. I can > detail the boot sequence in every mac.. It's in your head. >> > > I would have to disagree. When you boot, I believe you read things off the > hard drive, like the extensions, for example. Worst case scenerio: All the > extensions and other files it needs to read during bootup, are spread all > over the drive, and the files are split among sectors, one or more of the > sectors are magnetically weak, which means the computer has to do multiple > attempts before successfully reading said file. After defragmentation and > optimization, each file is closest to the beginning of the disc, all located > one right after the other physically, and each file is solid magnetically. > Now, I would think that even going from worst to best, it would not be > significantly faster. Noticibly, probably, but I wouldn't think it would even > approach twice the time. In 20 years (since the Atari 400) time, I would have > to say that I have seen my computers run quicker after defragging/optimizing > time after time. However, I don't usually do this till after they're past > moderately fragged. > STeve > That's when I see the most benefit, other than the rainbow. Whenever my kids start complaining, "Dad, I hate this Mac! Why can't we get a PC like the other kids? This thing is soooo slow." I run the disk doctor, then Norton Speed disk, (usually "severe" fragmentation) then I rebuild the desktop. Works for me! I reserve Disk Warrior for the really tough jobs, like when a disk isn't recognized at all. Joe
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