to defrag or not defrag

[Tracey]

I just installed a couple of Win2K Pro systems (as a novice).

When I analyzed the disk before defragging, all the files were on the right
of the [graphical space area] (as if when you install Windows it puts {and
keeps} the files at the center of the disk).

After defragging the disks, all the files are on the left side of the
[graphical space area] (I assume toward the outside of the disk).

Is one location better than the other ... Or... is the [graphical space
area] just to give the illusion of organization or "neatness?

Thanks, Tracey

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

What you are seeing is the the file system's view of the "drive" - meaning
how things look from a logical cluster viewpoint - which is all that the
file system understands.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

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