Performance Degradation AFTER a defrag.

[paulmd]

I've noticed a disturbing pattern after a fresh install of Windows, and

that the first time I defrag the disk, performance takes a tumble.


I've also noticed that the thrashing noise from the hard disk seeking
actually happens more frequently. And, yes, the pagefile and registry
hives are defragmented.


I don't know why, though i have a few suspicions.


My chief suspect is that the built in defragmenter inavertantly moves
files that are accessed together away from each other. For example,
the files associated with loading Windows, and the various processes,
drivers, and system tray stuff.


My questions: is this reasonable? Is there anything I can do about it?
And how much would it cost?

 

[Robbie Hatley]

I've noticed a disturbing pattern after a fresh install of Windows,
and that the first time I defrag the disk, performance takes a tumble.

I've also noticed that the thrashing noise from the hard disk seeking
actually happens more frequently. And, yes, the pagefile and registry
hives are defragmented.

I don't know why, though i have a few suspicions.

My chief suspect is that the built in defragmenter inavertantly moves
files that are accessed together away from each other. For example,
the files associated with loading Windows, and the various processes,
drivers, and system tray stuff.

My questions: is this reasonable? Is there anything I can do about it?
And how much would it cost?

Nope, it's not reasonable. It may or may not be fixable. Try Norton
SpeedDisk instead of Windows Defrag. SpeedDisk is more configurable,
and allows you to specify what files belong "first", which "last", and
which "at end". For prices, call your computer store. (SpeedDisk
comes as part of Norton SystemWorks. Probably $20 - $40.)

I should run either defrag or SpeedDisk myself. I haven't defragged
my machine in 2 years. Mostly because it runs quite fast even without
defragging. Probably run even faster if I defragged at least my C:
drive, though.


Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
Tustin, CA, USA
email: lonewolfintj at pacbell dot net
web: home dot pacbell dot net slant earnur slant

 

[Dave Patrick]

You didn't mention the amount of RAM but this is usually the cause of
constant paging and disk thrashing.

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[paulmd]

You didn't mention the amount of RAM but this is usually the cause of
constant paging and disk thrashing.

Half a gigabyte.