I did defrag the D: partition and it took several hours.
That was not a problem for me.
Afterwards I validated a few of my images that were stored
there and they all came out okay. I also played a few mp4
and mp3 files and they played fine.
Mary
On 5/21/2012 7:40 PM, mjnelson99 wrote:
> I also backed up to SD card earlier today in case I decide
> to go ahead& defrag. It can take all the time it wants to.
> Thanks
>
> On 5/21/2012 4:17 PM, DrTeeth wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 May 2012 10:10:08 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
>> mjnelson99
>>
>> disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>>
>>> I have been putting numerous images (IFW) on my D partition.
>>>
>>> I recently did an analyze with a defrag program and it is
>>> almost all red - meaning fragmented.
>>
>> It's quite scary isn't it LOL? It is not significant and will take
>> HOURS to defrag...not worth the hassle IMHO.
>>
>>> I remember reading that defragging movie files can mess them up.
>>
>> Film files are not seen as anything special to a defrag program. If it
>> will ruin one type of file it will ruin another and the program will
>> not be fit for purpose. I have never had *any* corrupt file of any
>> type after using a defragger for years. But we all backup here anyway
>>
?
>>
>>> Will defragging mess up the images that are there? I have
>>> 8-10 files now.
>>
>> No.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> DrT
>> ______________________________
>> We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in
>> our lives; but we can always choose to dance
>> in the puddles (Jewish proverb).
>>
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