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Psychoschiz

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« on: January 29, 2003, 03:34:00 AM »
As everyone is aware, when running an OS on a HDD, the file system eventually gets fragmented.

Could this be an issue for the Xbox that will effect, read/seek times ?
If so is there anyway to optimize the HDD for performance, or is this not something the Xbox will suffer from

I mean this as a user on an upgraded HDD 120GB will games installed

Any advise would be appreciated
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Psychoschiz

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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2003, 05:04:00 AM »
Thanks for the info, Forgot about the temp drives
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jfuller

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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2003, 05:24:00 AM »
Thats ok but what about general day to day fragmentation caused by movement of files,

I copy stuff onto the xbox, then delete it after a while if I dont need it. I know this isn't going to cause as much fragmentation as say a swap file or some thing that changes constantly but  my musical tastes vary and if I don't listen to an album or whatever for a few weeks it'll get removed to make way for another one.

This will *eventually* need defragging surely?

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Psychoschiz

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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2003, 02:40:00 AM »
I agree,

I do exactly the same thing.
Once I`m done using a BACKUP or done with musinc im bored if, I too delete etc etc
So yeah I guess this would cause fragmentation of some kind.
Surly this will be a problem to come ????

Anyone else got any thoughts on this???
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Marmite

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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2003, 09:30:00 AM »
I think I read that someone was creating a defrag app.
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