How often should i defrag?

[Perris Calderon]

well, I had to come back, and give a take on this issue, and why the mft frows until the zone is full;

Posted by GHayes

When you delete a file, that particular fileid isn't immediately re-used. Only after a very large number of files have been created does the file system go back and start re-using fileids - incrementing a sequence number (part of the fileid

- Greg/Raxco Software

well, here's my insight to why this happens, and now, it seems right obvious.

the whole purpose of the mtf zone is an effort to maintain a contigous nature.

if the any of this information were deleted, that would circumvent the effort at maintaing the cintigous nature of future information

 

[Grymblayd]

A daily defrag is a waste of time and actually not good for the hard drive...it puts a lot of stress on the drive and I can't believe that you run a computer so ragged that it get's fragmented in one day. In my opinion every two weeks and that's only if you really need to. ( of course opinions vary but I have gone over this with people in the industry whose opinion I value.)

 

[Perris Calderon]

I agree with this post

welcome to this board, Grymblayd