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    defrag recovery?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Kratos, Apr 24, 2008.

  1. Kratos

    Kratos Notebook Consultant

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    i was just about to defrag my hard drive when i got a pop-up asking to select which drives to defrag. this never happened before. it lists the main and recovery drives. do i defrag both? i wont defrag until i figure this out and i am running vista home premium 32-bit with sp1 installee.
     
    Kratos, Apr 24, 2008
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  2. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    SP1 updates the native defragger with options to defrag other "drives". You can try to defrag recovery, but I noticed that there is generally not enough free space to do so (on my HP's anyway).
     
    R4000, Apr 24, 2008
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    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    You can go ahead and defrag both...it does no harm.
     
    McGrady, Apr 24, 2008
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    I believe the Vista RC's had this option and they pulled it for the official release. Then they put it back in because many people wanted it again in SP1. I like it because i have several drives. Many with just media (music and movies) and i dont need those drives defraged.
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 25, 2008
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  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Unless you're adding stuff and messing with your recovery partition, it shouldn't get fragmented in the first place.
     
    Lithus, Apr 25, 2008
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I would NEVER defrag the recovery partition. You never write to it, therefore it will never get fragmented.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 25, 2008
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  7. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It may never get written to, but it may be highly fragmented just from the oem imaging of the drive. When I checked the recovery partition on my then-new V5201 with XP's defragger, it was a solid block of red. As stated earlier, I could not drefrag it anyway due to lack of free space within the partition.

    Anyway, one fragmented partition will not impact drive performance on the other partition, right?
     
    R4000, Apr 25, 2008
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    You are right it would not affect the other partitions. As it is an OEM image, I would be reluctant to defrag it, even if I could. Not knowing HOW the recovery partions are organized I am afraid that the defrag process just might hose it. Not worth the possible hassle.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 25, 2008
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