disk defrag + formatting

[Guest]

hi all

currently running a 40GB hard drive and when i tried to de-frag drive
noticed that the green progam block of files located up the right hand end of
the block was split into two peices. after de-frag these will not re-join.
computer is a packard bell running XP home SP2 with all current updates.
tried to update to a new 80GB hard drive after making 2 master cd's(packard
bell does not supply xp disc comes pre-loaded) but when booting off master cd
1 get a error message that system config is wrong and can't continue

i have tried formatting with the recovery disc 4 times to try to re-align
program block but no good still

is there any way to get XP on the new hard drive without re-buying a disc or
joining the program blocks so i can make master cd's.

 

[R. McCarty]

Using the native XP defrag, the graphical display shows Unmovable
files as green. Usually, these blocks represent Pagefile.Sys and the
Hiberfil.Sys. XP's defrag cannot move this content while the GUI is
running. Several 3rd-Party Defrag programs, such as Raxco's Perfect
Disk 7 have a Boot time defrag where that content can be optimally
placed.

To migrate an existing setup/XP instance to a larger physical drive
requires an app that provides "Cloning" capabilities.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

hi all

currently running a 40GB hard drive and when i tried to de-frag drive
noticed that the green progam block of files located up the right hand end of
the block was split into two peices. after de-frag these will not re-join.
computer is a packard bell running XP home SP2 with all current updates.
tried to update to a new 80GB hard drive after making 2 master cd's(packard
bell does not supply xp disc comes pre-loaded) but when booting off master cd
1 get a error message that system config is wrong and can't continue

i have tried formatting with the recovery disc 4 times to try to re-align
program block but no good still

is there any way to get XP on the new hard drive without re-buying a disc or
joining the program blocks so i can make master cd's.

The standard way of loading WinXP involves instructing your BIOS
to use the CD drive as the first boot device, then booting from the
WinXP CD and installing Windows. If you allow the disk to be
formatted then you will, of course, lose all existing information and
programs.

There have been a number of discussions in this forum about the
benefits of frequent defragging. Some swear by it, others maintain
that the benefits are barely noticeable, if at all. I belong to the second
group. In view of the obvious dangers (see your case!) I don't
think it's worth running the risk. You may gain a few seconds each
day and risk losing several days once every so often.
benefits are