Settings - IgnoreWrapAroundFragmentation
This setting will instruct MyDefrag to either ignore wrap-around fragments
(yes, the default) or not (no) when defragmenting and displaying files.
- Do not change the default setting (which is "yes"). This setting should only
be used in the DefragmentOnly script, nowhere else.
- Wrap-around fragments are aligned fragments (back-to-front) with nothing but
unmovable data in between. Fragments like this have a negligeable impact on
performance because the harddisk heads do not have to move, so they do not need
to be defragmented.
- Other defragmenters do not know about wrap-around fragments, it is a concept
unique to MyDefrag. Wrappped-around files will show up in other defragmenters as
fragmented files. If you optimize a disk with MyDefrag and then look at that disk
with an different defragmenter then it will look as if there are many fragmented
files.
- The MyDefrag "SortBy" optimizations will create wrap-around fragments when they
encounter an unmovable file. They move all the data to the beginning of the zone
in the specified order, but there may be some unmovable files in the way. Instead
of leaving gaps (if a file doesn't fit between the last file and the unmovable
file), the program will "wrap" the file around the unmovable file by splitting it
into fragments. This is better than placing the file to be placed
above the unmovable file, because that would leave a gap (gaps promote
fragmentation and it is best to have as few gaps as possible) and it would make
all the next files slower because they would then be placed at a slightly slower
part of the harddisk than they need to be. Also, it is entirely possible that
there are many unmovable tiny little fragments on the disk, with not enough room
between them for huge files.
Syntax
IgnoreWrapAroundFragmentation(yes)
IgnoreWrapAroundFragmentation(no) |
Example
IgnoreWrapAroundFragmentation(yes) |
See also:
Settings