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This can actually improve performance compared with if those file locations were recorded in the original more remote MFT location, but the drive will look as though it needs defragmenting.Įdited by Platypus, 28 March 2010 - 09:16 AM. PURAN DEFRAG: this utility collects all fragments of a file and put then combine and upgrade the performance of your hard disk. It has a feature of free space consolidation also and have an auto defragmentation process option.

If this happens, the defragmenter will place the files closest to the fragment of the MFT they reference, so head movements will be smaller in accessing those files. AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRAG: this is one of the best defragmentation tool which is fast and efficient. Also, as the drive fills, the MFT may be expanded into more than one piece (a fragmented MFT). There is an area ahead of it that files will not move into (to allow the MFT to expand), so this will often appear to be non-contiguous free space. NTFS locates the MFT (Master File Table) part-way into the drive to enhance performance, and its size is dynamic. Crowding all the files as close as possible to the start and leaving the rest of the drive completely empty was the best way to secure performance. Compaction was important with FAT, as the allocation table is at the start of the drive and has a fixed location and size. Layback Bear is correct in observing that Windows 7 already has a capable defragmenter.Īlso remember that drive optimization with NTFS is more sophisticated than many years ago with the FAT file system.