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To: PMS Witch who wrote (17047)3/1/2001 7:37:33 PM
From: Ally  Read Replies (2) of 110626
 
When Windows defrag, does it leave alone files that are already contiguous, or does it break such files just so to arrange a bit of displaced bytes? For example, would it rearrange a Word program just so as to arrange in order data just recreated. Seems to me Windows rearranges everything on each defrag run, thus a run takes hours to complete. Would think that Microsoft programmers would have written the logic not to rearrange data (especially programs) that need not be displaced, where ever they are on the drive.
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