On 28 Nov 2008, at 16:31, Florian Philipp wrote:
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I'm wondering, why is Windows that bad in this regard? Of course,
FAT* is bad, but what's about NTFS? It is at least as modern as most
Linux FS and has some nice features. Surely MS should be capable of
implementing the same allocation algorithms we use. Or is NTFS
really not bad in this regard and it's all just that people mix
experiences with FAT* with NTFS?
No, NTFS *is* really bad in that regard. I've seen it HORRIBLY
fragmented, and defragging it make a REMARKABLE difference. At least
the nice thing is that Defrag not only fixes you the problem, but also
shows it before you run it.
Stroller.
