I've read that with files being as large as they are these days and with HDD's having NCQ, that defragmentation offers little to no benefit, and just puts more wear on the HDD. Is this true? If not, what are the best defragmentation programs these days?
I forget if it was the old Norton or Central Point, but back in DOS times, there was one that actually had a "prioritize programs and folders with full file reorder" option -- it would stick all your directory info and .exe's at the front of the drive, and literally reorder every file and every cluster on the drive from end to end, in one long session. Probably overkill, but it was cool to watch.
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I've read that with files being as large as they are these days and with HDD's having NCQ, that defragmentation offers little to no benefit, and just puts more wear on the HDD. Is this true? If not, what are the best defragmentation programs these days?
I forget if it was the old Norton or Central Point, but back in DOS times, there was one that actually had a "prioritize programs and folders with full file reorder" option -- it would stick all your directory info and .exe's at the front of the drive, and literally reorder every file and every cluster on the drive from end to end, in one long session. Probably overkill, but it was cool to watch.
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