by NickN » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:55 am
SPACE defrag...
Finds all parts of file scattered around the hard drive and places them together, then it compacts them so there is no slack space between the files
COMPLETE\NAME defrag ....
Places all files in a perfect alphanumerical order and in v8.5 makes sure there is no slack space between the files.
With v8.5 You can run a periodic SPACE defrag once a week and not damage the NAME defrag. With v10 they changed how a NAME defrag works and it leaves SPACES between the files, therefore a SPACE defrag will fill in those gaps and ruin a NAME defrag which is why I wont use it. Those on Vista have no choice.
The full version when set up EXACTLY as I outlined WITH the reg tweaks I posted will also optimize the Windows boot and keep that perfectly clean.
The way O&O NAME defrag does the job is by removing all the wasted hard drive head movements which in turn makes file retrieval much faster and also removes the extra CPU cycles HDD places on a system, therefore giving all that back to FSX/FS9
At the same time it organizes the MFT catalog
The MFT catalog is critical to the smooth operation of the system. Think of it like the system a library uses.. OK, now... if the card catalog at a library is in proper alpha-numerical order... and, the BOOKS are not mixed up... how fast can you find that book from the catalog as compared to finding that book if both the catalog and the location of the book were not in perfect order
of course a computer is much faster than a human... but every CPU cycle AND ESPECIALLY every HDD head seek added to an operation REMOVES resources from a heavy hitting software such as FSX. So what you are doing is removing redundant and unneeded operations with the method I outlined and when you add up all those operations you get a huge reduction in overhead that FSX or other programs now have to work with.
Which is better.. a HDD and CPU seeking:
MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT -FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK - MFT - FILE CHUNK = FILE IN MEMORY
or
MFT - FILE = FILE IN MEMORY
Understand?
Lets take that a step further... when a HDD is more than 75% full Windows starts REDUCING the MFT reserved space and cramping that critical zone. That is why I post NEVER allow a hard drive to go past 65% if you are looking for maximum efficiency and performance. I keep mine at 50% or under if possible but do exceed that from time to time... once I hit 70%, I upgrade my drives to compensate. less seek time which is also related to geometry on a disk means better performance, period. Access and Seek are resource killers. reduce those and you increase the resources available to FSX and any other hard hitting software.
You MUST follow my directions TO THE LETTER or it doesn
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NickN on Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
