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Old 2005-09-11, 01:57 AM
h_vargas
 
Re: Defragging a large hard drive..worth doing it?

actually, easier and better for your hard drive is the following:

1) burn off all data onto blank discs (CD-Rs, or DVD±Rs).
2) *format* / fdisk the hard drive.

this is quicker, and from what i've read, better for the actual hard drive itself.

whenever i do a larger video editing project, after burning the archive discs, i always simply format the drive. it is very quick (like 15 minutes), and the drive is wiped clean and ready for another run of filling it up with data.

*** note: i say "format" the hard drive, assuming you have either partitioned the single hard drive in your computer (one partition for operating system, i.e. Windows in your case, and one partition for data only), or that you have two physical hard drives (one for operating system, one for data only).

if neither of the above applies, then obviously all you would want to do is burn/backup all of the FLAC/SHN/DVD files, and then defragment your hard drive. ***
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