Perfectdisk and boot files

[Alex Coleman]

I am running XP Pro SP1. I'm using Perfectdisk (version 6) on a
disk which contains data and also my XP swap file.


(1) USE FILES IN LAYOUT.INI

In Advanced Configuration I have set Perfectdisk to manage the
files as instructed by what it finds in layout.ini in the Prefetch
folder.

When I use this setting, Perfectdisk finds about many files which
it color codes as "boot files"? Streangley, I notice that these
"boot files" include some very large index files created by my
desktop search application. The total size of these "boot files"
is about 6 or 7% of the disk's capacity of 55 GB.


(2) USE PERFECTDISK'S CHOICE

If I set Perfectdisk to choose it's own boot files then it
correctly shows there are none on this data disk.

Unfortunately if I use this Perfectdisk setting (#2 above) on
another drive, my XP system drive, then the boot time is
noticeably worse than using the layout.ini setting (#1 above).

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Does this difference happen because Perfectdisk takes the info
about what is or is not a "boot file" from something contained in
layout.ini in the Prefetch folder?

I took a peek at layout.ini but couldn't see any files flagged as
"boot files".

Does anyone know the details of what is happening?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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Carey Frisch
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Windows XP - Shell/User
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:

| I am running XP Pro SP1. I'm using Perfectdisk (version 6) on a
| disk which contains data and also my XP swap file.
|
|
| (1) USE FILES IN LAYOUT.INI
|
| In Advanced Configuration I have set Perfectdisk to manage the
| files as instructed by what it finds in layout.ini in the Prefetch
| folder.
|
| When I use this setting, Perfectdisk finds about many files which
| it color codes as "boot files"? Streangley, I notice that these
| "boot files" include some very large index files created by my
| desktop search application. The total size of these "boot files"
| is about 6 or 7% of the disk's capacity of 55 GB.
|
|
| (2) USE PERFECTDISK'S CHOICE
|
| If I set Perfectdisk to choose it's own boot files then it
| correctly shows there are none on this data disk.
|
| Unfortunately if I use this Perfectdisk setting (#2 above) on
| another drive, my XP system drive, then the boot time is
| noticeably worse than using the layout.ini setting (#1 above).
|
| -----
|
| Does this difference happen because Perfectdisk takes the info
| about what is or is not a "boot file" from something contained in
| layout.ini in the Prefetch folder?
|
| I took a peek at layout.ini but couldn't see any files flagged as
| "boot files".
|
| Does anyone know the details of what is happening?