Curse

Tarun · Nov 02, 2006, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktadie

my spelling? :P i was in a hurry ^^ anyways, it dosnt say how it has changed my file thingies. ppl are saying they got it from like 2600 to 3. mine dosnt say how much it has done to mine..

Did you happen to notice how you typed contig in your screenshot? That was the point I was making. :P

PowerDefragGUI automates the whole process which really helps a lot of people.

ktadie · Nov 03, 2006, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarun

Did you happen to notice how you typed contig in your screenshot? That was the point I was making. :P

PowerDefragGUI automates the whole process which really helps a lot of people.

what should i write then?

the PowerDefragGUI looks too complicateed ^^

Superdarth · Nov 04, 2006, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Ive got a defragmenter that comes with my windows or whatever..dous that work?

Tarun · Nov 06, 2006, 03:51 PM // 15:51

@ktadie -> PowerDefrag is easy to use, just follow the directions on the first page.

@Superdarth -> It will help, but should you make use of PowerDefragGUI and Contig, you'll have far better results.

Superdarth · Nov 06, 2006, 04:02 PM // 16:02

Well i used powerdefrag i suppose it beats the standard stuff,i have noticed my perfomances are back to normal again so thats good news.

Selfeafea · Nov 07, 2006, 01:32 AM // 01:32

I attached a screenshot of me trying to reduce the fragmentation of my .dat file. It's in 377 (after a full drive pass with power defrag). But when I try to run the contig pass over it it tells me that it cannot defrag it any further...suggestions?

Khadath Than · Nov 07, 2006, 06:26 AM // 06:26

Is it odd that nothing is more comforting to me than thousands of lines of rapidly scrolling text in a dos prompt?

monkey grip · Nov 07, 2006, 05:26 PM // 17:26

no, i enjoyed it myself also

YornStar · Nov 08, 2006, 05:39 PM // 17:39

Jesus...

C:\Programas\Guild Wars\Gw.dat is in 17988 fragments

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Average fragmentation : 17988 frags/file

YornStar · Nov 08, 2006, 05:48 PM // 17:48

And I got just the same thing as Selfeafea :S

EDIT: lol, it's because I don't have enough room on the disk for the defrag.

PanGammon · Nov 08, 2006, 06:08 PM // 18:08

I use a 28k modem running Azureus and DAP Background...........

YornStar · Nov 08, 2006, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Ok, contig doesn't do a thing to me.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig -a "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

c:\programas\guild wars\Gw.dat is in 17783 fragments

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Average fragmentation : 17783 frags/file

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Number of files defragmented : 1
Average fragmentation before : 17783 frags/file
Average fragmentation after : 17783 frags/file

Arcador · Nov 08, 2006, 07:08 PM // 19:08

Try running it 2 times in a row. My first did nothing, but second reduced it to 11 from ~370. It does reduce the fps a little, but seems that was not my primary problem

I hope it works for you thou!

Baltuck · Nov 08, 2006, 07:21 PM // 19:21

Im tying it in my job pc first just in case, I rather mess this one up than my XPS at home. The process takes pretty long, is still at it and Im not helping it by being here either.

YornStar · Nov 08, 2006, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcador

Try running it 2 times in a row. My first did nothing, but second reduced it to 11 from ~370. It does reduce the fps a little, but seems that was not my primary problem

I hope it works for you thou!

I'm running it again, the 4th or 5th time, I don't know.

And everytime I do it, I get a random number, but always around 17000-19500

Like now:

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Number of files defragmented: 1
Average fragmentation before: 19491 frags/file
Average fragmentation after : 19491 frags/file

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig -a "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

c:\programas\guild wars\Gw.dat is in 19121 fragments

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Average fragmentation : 19121 frags/file

YornStar · Nov 08, 2006, 09:07 PM // 21:07

I think I just have too much frags on the file :|

Arcador · Nov 08, 2006, 10:36 PM // 22:36

Another issue - as I had is that file is around 4 gb and Hard disk is in old fat32 format. In that case it cannot increase over 4 gb and may cause a very glitchy gameplay since all 3 expansions bring it OVER 4 gb. Also the defrag tool may increase its size whike working on it.

Verticle Cleave · Nov 12, 2006, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeroclown

Like I said in an above post you should try to maintain a buffer of 10 - 15 % of free disk space at all times. Doing so allows you to defrag large files with windows tools and third party tools and will most probably improve the performance of your system.

I know that, that was before I cleaned up my drive, but I was refering to the almost 26,000 fragmentation GW threw at my face, although, reinstalling and downloading everything anew on a much more open HDD allowed the game to only fragment up for 1339, with MORE updates then the prior 26,000 fragmentation..

Verticle Cleave · Nov 12, 2006, 05:11 PM // 17:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by YornStar

Ok, contig doesn't do a thing to me.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig -a "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

c:\programas\guild wars\Gw.dat is in 17783 fragments

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Average fragmentation : 17783 frags/file

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>contig "c:\programas\guild wars\gw.dat"

Contig v1.53 - Makes files contiguous
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Summary:
Number of files processed : 1
Number of files defragmented : 1
Average fragmentation before : 17783 frags/file
Average fragmentation after : 17783 frags/file

Sorry, I'll repost the Screenie:

XD

(Btw, a fix I found for having THAT many frags, is just to reinstall and redownload everything, on a MUCH more open HDD.)

Wacky · Nov 13, 2006, 09:59 AM // 09:59

Quote:

(Btw, a fix I found for having THAT many frags, is just to reinstall and redownload everything, on a MUCH more open HDD.)

Well, copying gw.dat to a dvd-rw, deleting the original and copying it back reduced the number of fragments from ~18000 to a mere ~3000 (give or take a few hundred) for me. And now it has only 10 fragments after running contig once.

That may be a better way than having to redownload everything.