question about the contents of layout.ini

[datest]

Hello,
my layout.ini contains references to big avi files and databases,
used by various programs.

Is this is what is meant by application monitoring?

Whats going to happen when the system does the partial defragment
every third day?
Is it going to attempt to "optimize" a 500mb multimedia file?


Thanks for any info.

Dave

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Why wait three boots, find out now...

Start | Run | Paste:

Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Click OK

DFRGNTFS.EXE & DEFRAG.EXE will run. Assuming your disk is formatted NTFS.

 

[davexnet02]

Why wait three boots, find out now...

Start | Run | Paste:

Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Click OK

DFRGNTFS.EXE & DEFRAG.EXE will run. Assuming your disk is formatted NTFS.

Hi Wes,
well the fat32 defrag ran for about 15 minutes, I've got to believe
that those big multimedia files are a part of it.
How to know for sure?

Why would these big files be included here?
They're volatile, temporary, could be changed or deleted
at anytime. Including 300MB files in the prefetch mechanism
makes no sense.
Any way to exclude certain directories? Any other options?\

Or am I misunderstanding something here?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dave,

I don't know for certain what gets defragged, but the more times
ProcessIdleTasks runs, the less time it takes. Just like defragging your
whole drive.

 

[RobR]

Hi,

the prefetcher doesn't look on size or if a file is volatile. The best
is
to disable the build in defraggers capabilities of boot optimization
by turning
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction\Enable
to N.
Than you should try mst Defrag (http://www.mstsoftware.com). It's very
fast and it consumes only small memory.
After installing set the key MoveModifiedFilesToEnd (see FAQ) to 2.
Now you'll have always a quick boot and fast data access.

If you like you can read a test on Kickstart http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/utilities/mst_defrag_workstation.html

Bye
Rob

 

[davexnet02]

Hi,

the prefetcher doesn't look on size or if a file is volatile. The best
is
to disable the build in defraggers capabilities of boot optimization
by turning
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction\Enable
to N.
Than you should try mst Defrag (http://www.mstsoftware.com). It's very
fast and it consumes only small memory.
After installing set the key MoveModifiedFilesToEnd (see FAQ) to 2.
Now you'll have always a quick boot and fast data access.

If you like you can read a test on Kickstart http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/utilities/mst_defrag_workstation.html

Bye
Rob

Dave,

I don't know for certain what gets defragged, but the more times
ProcessIdleTasks runs, the less time it takes. Just like defragging your
whole drive.

Wes/Rob, thanks for the info.

Dave