Guest Roger Fink Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions Yup, just an opinion from Micro$oft, but in this case I give it more credence, since they can't make/lose any money on the deal. Bob I wrote: > If it doesn't lie. ;-) Unless you are doing a bunch of loading and > unloading files to and from the hard-drive, most people worry too much > about defragging. > > Roger Fink wrote: > >> Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it. >> I can still use it to "analyze" though, which has the advantage of >> offering up an opinion as to whether defrag is necessary or not. >> >> Bob I wrote: >> >>> It's a "simple" defrag tool. It doesn't have that level of options. >>> >>> Roger Fink wrote: >>> >>> >>>> In order to defragment my hard drive I need to exclude the file >>>> gobackio.bin (the file Goback writes to, which takes up 10% of the >>>> drive space). I can do this for my Fix-It Utilities defrag program, >>>> but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it with the OS >>>> System Tools defrag program, which I think is a better choice here. >>>> How do I do this?
Guest Bob I Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: W2K Defrag Exclusions No I was referring to the "analyzer" getting confused. I have seen it not recommend a defrag when it was choking on broken files and then repeatedly recommend defragging when only a couple files were broken. Roger Fink wrote: > Yup, just an opinion from Micro$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 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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?
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