W2K Defrag Exclusions

[Guest Roger Fink]

In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file gobackio.bin

(the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the drive space). I can do

this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program, but I haven't been able to

figure out how to do it with the OS System Tools defrag program, which I

think is a better choice here. How do I do this?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options.

 

Roger Fink wrote:

> In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file gobackio.bin

> (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the drive space). I can do

> this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program, but I haven't been able to

> figure out how to do it with the OS System Tools defrag program, which I

> think is a better choice here. How do I do this?

>

>

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it.

I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of offering

up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not.

 

Bob I wrote:

> It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options.

>

> Roger Fink wrote:

>

>> In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file

>> gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the

>> drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program,

>> but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with the OS

>> System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better choice here.

>> How do I do this?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

If it doesn't lie. ;-) Unless you are doing a bunch of loading and

unloading files to and from the hard-drive, most people worry too much

about defragging.

 

Roger Fink wrote:

> Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it.

> I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of offering

> up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not.

>

> Bob I wrote:

>

>>It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options.

>>

>>Roger Fink wrote:

>>

>>

>>>In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file

>>>gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the

>>>drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program,

>>>but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with the OS

>>>System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better choice here.

>>>How do I do this?

>

>

>

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

Yup, just an opinion from Micro$oft, but in this case I give it more

credence, since they can't make/lose any money on the deal.

 

Bob I wrote:

> If it doesn't lie. ;-) Unless you are doing a bunch of loading and

> unloading files to and from the hard-drive, most people worry too much

> about defragging.

>

> Roger Fink wrote:

>

>> Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it.

>> I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of

>> offering up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not.

>>

>> Bob I wrote:

>>

>>> It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options.

>>>

>>> Roger Fink wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>> In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file

>>>> gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the

>>>> drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program,

>>>> but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with the OS

>>>> System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better choice here.

>>>> How do I do this?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

No I was referring to the "analyzer" getting confused. I have seen it

not recommend a defrag when it was choking on broken files and then

repeatedly recommend defragging when only a couple files were broken.

 

Roger Fink wrote:

> Yup, just an opinion from Micro$oft, but in this case I give it more

> credence, since they can't make/lose any money on the deal.

>

> Bob I wrote:

>

>>If it doesn't lie. ;-) Unless you are doing a bunch of loading and

>>unloading files to and from the hard-drive, most people worry too much

>>about defragging.

>>

>>Roger Fink wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it.

>>>I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of

>>>offering up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not.

>>>

>>>Bob I wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options.

>>>>

>>>>Roger Fink wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file

>>>>>gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the

>>>>>drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program,

>>>>>but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with the OS

>>>>>System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better choice here.

>>>>>How do I do this?

>

>

>

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions

 

OK, sounds like maybe I'll just send the analyzer packing and arbitrarily do

it twice a year.

 

 

Bob I wrote:

> No I was referring to the "analyzer" getting confused. I have seen it

> not recommend a defrag when it was choking on broken files and then

> repeatedly recommend defragging when only a couple files were broken.

>

> Roger Fink wrote:

>> Yup, just an opinion from Micro$oft, but in this case I give it more

>> credence, since they can't make/lose any money on the deal.

>>

>> Bob I wrote:

>>

>>> If it doesn't lie. ;-) Unless you are doing a bunch of loading and

>>> unloading files to and from the hard-drive, most people worry too

>>> much about defragging.

>>>

>>> Roger Fink wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>> Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it.

>>>> I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of

>>>> offering up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not.

>>>>

>>>> Bob I wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of

>>>>> options.

>>>>>

>>>>> Roger Fink wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file

>>>>>> gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of

>>>>>> the drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag

>>>>>> program, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with

>>>>>> the OS System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better

>>>>>> choice here. How do I do this?